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Highways And Byways In Hertfordshire.

Highways and Byways in Hertfordshire. By Herbert W. Tompkins. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—We need hardly say that this is a pleasant, readable book. A gentleman who knows how to use......

The Poet And Penelope. By L. Parry Truscott. (t. Fisher

Unwin, 6s.)—The reader, especially if he or she is a connoisseur of fiction, must be warned to persevere against the adverse experi- ence which will probably be encountered in......

The Frown Of Majesty. By Albert Lee. (hutchinson And Co.

6s.) We found Mr. Lee's story less easy to follow than we could have wished. He brings a great multitude of characters upon his stage, and it is somewhat puzzling to follow......

A Graduate In Lore. By Inglis Allen. (c. Arthur Pearson.

6s.)—Hugh Ashby is beyond all question a "bounder." But then the author takes care that he fares in social life as our sense of justice demands. Ho thinks himself irresistible,......

Novels.

A DOUBLE-BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY.* CYNICAL proverbs generally have their genial corollaries, and if it be the case that "there is no fool like an old fool," it is equally true......

Current Literat Ure.

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF MADAME ELISABETH DE FRANCE. The Life and Letters of Madame Elisabeth de France. Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. (W. Heinemann. 21s. not.)—The......