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READABLY: NOVELS.—Mies Mary. By Katharine Tynan. (John Murray. Is. net.)—One

of "Katharine Tynan's" charming Irish stories. The heroine is an attractive creature.—Hawk of the Desert. By G. E. Mitton. (Sense publisher and price.)--An extremely exciting account of German intrigue in the Nubian Desert, A whole party of English people are taken -by hostile Arab tribes and go through hair-raising adventures.--The Victim. By Mary E. Mann. (Hodder and Stoughton, 6s.)—An exemplifica- tion of the fact that " the wages of sin is death." In this case the suffering is vicarious, though the sinners themselves have none too pleasant a time.