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N Ovel S.

A ROOM WITH A VIEW.* Mn. FORSTER'S new novel is not only much the beet of the three he has written, but it clearly admits him to the limited class of writers who stand above and......

Priests Of Progress. By G. Colmore. (stanley Paul And Co.

65.)—This is a "novel with a purpose." The class is not a favourite, either with the critics or the public. Yet sometimes it demands attention. Charles Reade's work notably did......

Readable Novels.— Chronicles Of Service Life In Malta. By...

Arthur T. Stuart. (Edward Arnold. 6s.)—A series of lively short stories of which the title announces the subject.— Ships of Desire. By L. S. Gibson. (Chatto and Windus. A modern......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this headivo too 'laic.. such Book, of the week as halm not beers merited for review in other forms.1 Among the publications called forth by the Milton Tercentenary are......

Joan Of Garioch. By Albert Kinross. (macmillan And Co....

love-story in this book and the whole of its sentimental interest are so extremely poor that it would hardly be worthy of notice except for a very curious account of events in......