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Readable Novels.—the Heart Line. By Gelett Burgess....

modern story, chiefly concerned with the tricks of American mediums.—The Adventurer. By Lloyd Osbourn°. (W. HOWOMILI1D. 6s.)—An amusing story of a successful treasure-hunt. Mr.......

White Rose Of Weary Leaf. By Violet Hunt. (w. Heinemann.

6s.)—In her story of Amy Stoovens, a woman thrown entirely on her own resources, Miss Violet Hunt, far from avoiding the seamy side of life, takes considerable pains to display......

Novels.

MR. CLUTTERRUCK'S ELECTION.* ALL who enjoyed Mr. Belloc'e Emanuel Burden will naturally read Mr. Clutterbuck's Election. They will not be dis- appointed in one sense, because,......

The Quarterlies.

Tax most directly political article in the Edinburgh is "Colonial Policy under the Earl of Elgin." It is a grave indictment of the Prime Minister. "Lord Elgin has virtually been......

Rose Macleod. By Alice Brown. (a. Constable And Co. 6s.)—

The real heroine of this book is neither Rose MacLeod nor Electra Fulton, who are both young women, but Madata Fulten, Electra's grandmother. The interest of this lively lady's......