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Conrad In Quest Of. His Youth. By Leonard Merrick. (grant

Richards. 6s.)—In the first part of this book Mr. Merrick expounds an original and amusing idea. The hero having come into money, and returning from the Colony in which his......

C Urrent Literature.

'111e.. QUARTERLIES. The Edinburgh Review opens with an interesting and laborious article dealing with "London and its People in the Eighteenth Century." We agree that Sir......

Novels.

BARBARA LADD.• IN Barbara Ladd, Mr. Charles Roberts gives us a feminine portrait contrasting very notably with the Sarah Tuldon that occupied us last week. The art is not less......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have sot been reserved for review is other forms.] Household Brigade Magazine. (J. J. Keliher and Co. 2s. 6d. net.) —A......