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IlEADS.BLB Novara—Wesblock : the Autobiography of an Automaton. By Harry

McDonald Walters. (J. M. Dent and Sons. 2s. 6d. net.)—" Wesblock is a common type, and he writes himself down as he knows himself, or thinks he knows himself "; yet the result is interesting.—Little Mrs. Lea. By Margaret Hope. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—An attractive study of how a self-satisfied woman can impose on her circle of friends.