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My Japanese - Year. By T. H. Sanders. (mills And , Boon.

10s. 6d. riet.)-If we can judge - by a naïf and occasionally facetious style,' ,the publishers. of this series of "• Yearn " in various countries have not chosen an experienced......

Chained Lightning. By Ralph Graham Taber.s (macmillan....

fid. net.)-Here is a • tale of two railroad tele- graphists of one of the Western Stated, who left their. work and journeyed down , to Mexico, hunting adventure and dollars;......

Some Books Of The , Week.

• [.Voticc in this column does not necessnrily preclude su5septeid review] . Russian Polk-Tales. Translated by Leonard A. Magnus. , (Regan Paul; Trench, and Co. 7s. 6d.......

. For Little Pilgrims On Life's Way. By Belle House.

(Sherratt and Hughes. 3s. 6d, net.)—Though the author of this book does not actually give her work the name of sermons and her chapters are not woven .round texti, her teaching,......

Readable Novels.—the Seeds Of Paradise. By Mario Hartill,...

Stoughton. 6s.)-Miss Hartill writes intimately of life in South Africa ; and her heroine, Anne„is a- most lovable l'lersoit.---+Cleopafra, a G . ipsy. By Arthur F. Wallis.......

• Tales By . Polish Antkors. Translated .by Elsa C....

(B. H. Blackwell, Oxford. 3s. 6d. net.)--Four stories• by con-. I temporary 'Polish novelists. In all the writing has style and. atmospheres' though the latter is one of extreme......