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Novels.

IN THE SHADOW.* THE abiding interest of the race problem in the United States is attested by the attention devoted to it by novelists as well as publicists. It cropped up in Mr.......

Hauntings. By Vernon Leo. (john Lane. Ss. 6d. Net.)—these...

" by " Vernon Lee" are indeed, as the author describes them, fantastic stories, and most romantic and delightful reading they prove. The first one, " Amour Dure," in which a......

Set In Authority. By Mrs. Everard Cotes. (a. Constable And

Co. 6s.)—There was once a French farce the point of which was that Madame So-and-so, the central figure iu the story, never made her appearance at all. Mrs. Cotes has chosen......

Current Literature.

HISTORY OF WARWICK SCHOOL. History of Warwick School. By A. F. Leach. (4. Constable and Co. 6s.)—Warwick first appears in history in 914 A.D., under the name of Waeringwicon,......