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Readable Novels.—the Dew Of Their Youth. By S. R. Crockett.

(Hodder and Stoughton. Gs.)—A. good story about Galloway people, not quite as clear as Mr. Crockett's tales some- times are, but always readable, with its characters all alive.—......

Novels.

THE FINER GRAIN:f WHATEVER 'verdict may be ultimately passed on the later novels of Mr. Henry James, it is impossible to avoid admiring his increasing disrespect for the......

A Snail's Wooing. By E. M. Sneyd-kynnerzley. (macmillan ,...

6s.) — Any one who had the pleasure of reading "H.M.I." (a most humorous account of the experiences of an Inspector of Schools) will be eager to see what the writer makes of his......

Some Books Of The Week,

tthider this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not ill* reserved for review in other forms.] Two Theban Princes. By Colin Campbell, D.D. (Oliver and Boyd. 3s. 6d.......

Tony's Luck. By C. A. Bray. (hurst And Blackett. Gs.)—as

in so many novels of South African life, this book is much more interesting in those chapters where the scene is laid in South Africa than later on when the hero comes to......