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READABLE NOVELS.—The Professional Prince. By Edgar Jepson. (FIutehinson and Co.

Os.)—An entertaining extravraanza with which the realistic last chapter is rather out of tone—The Rod of the Snake. By Yore Shoat aid Frances Mathews. (John Lane. Os.)—This novel is concerned with black megie in more senses tha ono. It is decidedly creepy, mad the authors have maeaged to make the supernatural very fairly crodible.—This Woman to This Man. By C. N. and A. M. Williamson. (Methuen and Co. Is. bd. net.)—Mr. and Mrs. Williamson may be congratulated on an excellent melodrama, which will be followed with breathless interest. —The Soul of June Courtney. By Elizabeth. Ryley. (Duckworth and Co. Os.)—A story of a young lady who is more attractive than high-minded. She rinds redemption partly in some very sketchy war work, but chiefly through her love for a blinded soldier. —The Shadow of a Great Light. By Douglas Sladen. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)--A spiritualistic novel with a serious purpose.