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Other Novels.—the Green Altar. )3y Miriam Alexander....

net.)—An interesting contribu- tion to the consideration of modern Ireland. The author is extremely fair in her portrayal of the inhabitants of that distracted island, and......

Finance-public & Private.

[By OUR CITY EDITOR.] CHEERFUL MARKETS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] must not be supposed from the quiet steadiness and cheerfahress of markets that the City is apathetic......

The Unadjusted Girl. By William Thomas. (rout- Ledge....

book is a serious contribution to sociology, and the publisher on his wrapper - very properly stresses the many "case histories" which are given at length. Some of these are......

Shorter Notices.

Professor Notestein, who has left Minnesota for Cornell, continues with unabated zeal his task of elucidating the early Stuart Parliaments. With Miss Bell he made the Petition......

Fiction.

THE TWO MAGICS. Changeling, and Other Stories. By Donn Byrne. (Sampson Low. 7s. 6d. net.) CHILDHOOD and second-childhood have always fascinated Mr. Walpole. He likes to explore......