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Readable Novara—happiness. By John Travers. (hodder And...

part of the book, which deals with current events, is admirably written; but when the author begins to describe life in an Indian station after the conclusion of the Great War......

Japan, Great Britain, And The World. By J. W. Robertson

Scott. (Japan Advertiser Office, Tokyo.)—" A Letter to My Japanese Friends " in which Mr. Robertson Scott replies to some articles in a certain section of the Japanese Press......

Fiction.

SEVENTEEN.* THE age indicated by the title of Mr. Booth Tarkington's novel is tradi- tionally or proverbially associated in romance with the charm of girl- hood, and girls play......

Cottage Economy. By William Cobbett. (douglas Pepler,...

Hammersmith. 2s. 6d. net.)—An attractive reprint of the seventeenth edition published by Anne Cobbett of Cobbett's well- known book. It is always a delight and an inspiration to......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subseyusnt review.) Casual Labour at the Docks. By H. A. Mess. (G. Bell and Sons. 2s. net.)—This is one of the publications......