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A Son Of The Immortals. By Louis Tracy. (ward, Lock

and Co. 6s.)—This is a mock royal romance dealing with the imaginary kingdom of Kosnovia, conveniently situated in that corner of South-East Europe in which modern imaginary......

The Quarterlies.

THE July number of the Edinburgh Review is the first issued under the editorship of Mr. Harold Cox, and it may be said at once, and as the highest praise, that it fully......

Fiction.

A CANDIDATE FOR TRUTH.* "GOD offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose." So says Emerson in his essay on Intellect. The lover of repose will accept the first......

The Carpet From Bagdad. By Harold Macgrath. With Illus-...

by Andre Castaigne. (Gay and Hancock. 6s.)—This is the account of an amusing and unsuccessful plot made by a set of American adventurers for the confusion of a most respectable......

Readable Nov - Sm.—lady Dorothy's Indiscretion. By Arthur...

Co. 6s.)—The matter of this book is indi- cated by the title, but "indiscretion "is really rather a mild word to apply to the heroine's conduct. An aeroplane and an aviator are......