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Charles Rex. ' By Ethel M. Dell. (hutchinson. 7s. 6d.

net.)— The unctuousness of Miss Dell's writing does not diminish with each succeeding novel, and the only explanation of the fact that her novels sell by the hundred thousand......

Poets And Poetry.

THREE NUMBERS OF "THE CHAPBOOK "—MAY, JULY AND AUGUST. Nor long ago Mr. Harold Monro was visited by the excellent idea of putting a questionnaire to twenty-seven people (some......

Ornru Novms.—the Great Prince Shan. By E. Phillips...

and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.)—The terrible consequences of the British reliance on the League of Nations has been the theme of a great many novels lately, and Mr. Phillips......

Fiction.

THREE AMERICAN SOLDIERS.* THIS story of the American Army in France has caused a gre.aro stir in the United States. May we venture to suggest why ? First of all, most of those......

The Bent Twig.*

THIS earlier work of the author of The Brimming Cup has just been published in this country. Miss Canfield has made the reaction to the circumstances of life by two sisters,......