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The Miracle Boy. By Louis Golding. (knopf. 7s: 6d. -

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Deeps_ and ,Shaltows Whispering Lodge. By Sinclair Murray. (John Murray. 7s. Gd.) LIKE a dewpond gleaming upon the verge of dusk, like the locked pool of a stainless river, so......

Selected Short Stories Of W. L. George. (chapman And Hall.

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"it "—and Other Stories. By Elinor Glyn. (duckworth. ' 7s.

6d.)—Elinor Glyn has two sets of appre- ciators—the simple souls who take pleasure in a throbbing and florid love-tale set in circumstances of colossal luxury, and the sinful......

The Hoop. By J. C. Snaith. (hodder And Stoughton. 7s.

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Susy In The World. By A. Waddington Seers. (noel Douglas.

7s. 6d.)—This story is a family chronicle, simple in theme and manner, but written with considerable sympathy and quiet humour. The two sisters, Chewy and Susy Farr, are well......