READABLB NOVEL8.—The Bread upon the Waters. By Georgette Agnew. (W.
Heinemann. 6s.)—The story of an actress who, having raised herself to a good position through her own high character and excellence, finds her past rise up before her in a way which prevents her happiness.—The Four Fingers. By Fred. M. White. (Ward, Lock and Co. 6s.)—A melodramatic story in which the villain occasionally receives in a small box one of his own amputated fingers as a warning of the terrible fate which is about to overtake him.—Oliver's Kind Women. By Philip Gibbs. (Herbert and Daniel. 6s.)—The story of a young man of obscure origin who mistakenly believes himself to be a man of letters, —Dead Man's Love. By Tom Gallon. (Ward, Lock and Co. 6s.)— An exciting melodrama which begins with the escape of the hero from prison. After many vicissitudes the book ends well.— Honour's Petters. By May Wynne. (Stanley Paul and Co.)—An historical romance dealing with the days of Louis XV. of France. The pleasantest part of the book is that which is concerned with the English adventures of a French prisoner taken by Admiral Howe, and of his sister and little brother who seek him.
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