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Miss Sharp's New Book Is So Attractive And So Well

written that fault-finding is an ungrateful task. Still, we cannot avoid the conclusion that it would have gained by condensa- tion. Nicolete, if not a life history, yet covers......

The Marriage Lease. By F. Frankfort Moore. (hutchinson...

6s.)—Mr. Frankfort Moore gives us in his new novel an account of a social experiment tried in the " State of Azalea," this being a State founded by an enterprising millionaire......

In The First Watch, And Other Engine-room Stories. By James

Dalziel. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—This is a very interesting collection of short stories, all of which have the engineers of the merchant service for their heroes. The least......

Readable Novats.—the Shadow Of A Great Rock. By William R.

Lighten. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 6s.)—A picturesque story of the early days of the settlers in Nebraska.—The Lodestar. By Max Pemberton. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6s.)—A story of......