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Peter's Pedigree. By Dorothea Conyers. (e. Arnold. 6s.)—...

knows her audience, and is sure of her popularity. Peter Reidy is the son of an Irish peasant who, having made a, great fortune in England, goes back to his native district and......

The Bed Cravat. By Alfred Tresidder Sheppard. (macmillan...

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TALES OF CHINA AND THE CHINESE.* IT is surely no mere coincidence, but an evidence of a growing interest in the Far East, that three independent efforts to interpret the mind of......

Helen Of Troy, N.y. By Wilfred S. Jackson. (john Lane.

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