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Masterful Wilhelmine. By Julius Stinde. Presented By E....

(Methuen. 7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. E. V. Lucas has made a most charming and convincing story out of four Victorian German novels, the earliest of which in its English translation was......

The Splendid Lover. By Philippa Preston. (fisher Unwin....

net.)—The Mexican brigand Zapata is surely a lineal descendant of Captain Macheath, and the reader will reproach the heroine in the words of Mrs. Peachum : " Could you not have......

Finance -public And Private

BANKERS AND THE COMING TRADE REVIVAL II.* BY ARTHUR W. KIDDY. THERE is one aspect of the present industrial crisis which it may be well to keep carefully in mind. Both as......

Swift Adventure. By Jane Cardinal. (george Allen And...

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That Fool Of A Woman. By Millicent Sutherland. (put-. Nam.

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Children Of The Night. By W. B. Maxwell. (thornton...

7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Maxwell's collection of short stories is like bifteck saignant—excellent food for the strong stomached, but nauseatmg to the fastidious appetite. Two stories......