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Sister K. By Mabel Hart. (methuen And Co. 6s.)—the Only

portions of this book which are of interest are those which give a graphic description of life in the wards of a London hospital as seen from the point of view of the nurse. The......

The Romance Of A Plain Man. By Ellen Glasgow. (john

Murray. 6s.)—Although Miss Glasgow brings her usual high ability to the task which she has set herself, yet novels in which the hero is autobiographer are never entirely......

Readable Novels.—the Disappearing Eye. By Fergus Hume....

Co. 6s.)—A melodrama which begins in the orthodox fashion with a murder, and only ends with the dis- covery of the criminal after suspicion has rested in turn on almost every......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading ri notice such Books of the week as have not Won 'Inserted for review in other forms.] China and the Gospel. (China Inland Mission. ls.)—This interesting......

No The White Prophet4

Wn have more than once been moved to protest in this column against a modern, and, in our opinion, a peculiarly obnoxious, form of portrait fiction. But we have never, in the......