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READABLE NOVELL—The House of Many Voices. By Bernard Capes. (T.

Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—The beginning and the end of the story are very good ; the intermediate comes as near to being tiresome as is possible in what Mr. Capes writes.—Dormant. By E. Nesbit. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—A wildly imaginative story of alchemy and the elixir vito,e.—Desmond Rourke: Irishman. By John Haslette. (Sampson Low, Marston and Co. 6s.)— This story answers well to its title. Desmond Rourke is typical in his ill-doings and in his good.—The Emotions of Martha. By Constance Smedley. (R. T. S. 6s.)—Martha's emotions concern ambitions in art, and make a good study.—The Lonely Queen. By H. C. Bailey. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—A tale of the Tudor Queens, well furnished archwologically, but scarcely convincing.