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C Urrent Literat Etre.

THREE DRAMAS. The Knight of the Maypole. By John Davidson. (Grant Richards. 5s. net.)—This drama has the rare merit—rare, as the writer of this notice has learnt by a long......

Dwellers In The Mist. By Norman Maclean. (hodder And...

6s.)—We have lately been told that if there is an increase of crime in Scotland, it is due to a certain "relaxation of doctrine." The "Dwellers in the Mist "—we gather that one......

An Unwise Virgin. By Mrs. Coulson Kernahan. (john Long....

is a book about a lunatic, who in his lucid intervals engaged two doctors for himself, and disguised one (the cleverer of the two) as the family butler. The scene passes in an......

The Little White Nun. By Mrs. C. N. Williamson. (f.

V. White and Co. 6s.)—There is nothing grey or dreary about the adventures of the hero and heroine of this novel. Harrowing as are the scenes through which they pass, they are......

The Fetich Of The Family. By E. A. Barnett. (w.

Heinemann. 6s.)—The theme of this novel—the utter subjugation of a whole family to the home-life of an idiot—is such that the story is bound to be a sad one. But there is no......

John Ermine Of The Yellowstone. By Frederic Remington....

Co. 6s.)—John Ermine is a white man, natural- ised, so to speak. among the Indians in his earliest years, and then brought again into contact with his own race. This combination......

Novels.

1.11/. RED HOUSE.* Tam, unless we are mistaken, is the first novel of a writer who has already laid her readers under a considerable debt of obligation by her earlier ventures......