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READABLE NOVELEI.—A God of Clay. By H. C. Bailey.. (Hutchinson

and Co. 6s.)—A powerfully written study of Napoleon, not for all readers.—Clanbrae : a Golfing Idyll. By Pentland Peile. (W. Blackwood and Sons. Gs.)—This also- is not for all readers ; but the golfing world is sufficiently large to supply an adequate public.—Ralph Langhorne the Story of ,a Socialist. By Ellis Ashmead Bartlett. (Same publishers. fls.) —A novel of political prophecy.