RIADABLE Novats.—The Street Called Straight. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—An anonymous
novel, in which a conscientious American girl has to choose between two magnanimous lovers, of whom one is English.—My Love and I. By "Martin Redfield.' (Constable and Co. 68.)—More pronouncedly American in language, concerning two literary heroes, of whom the narrator is married to a cold, hard-headed wife, to whom he is loyaL—Yarns from a Captain's Log. By "J. Bowline" and IL B. C. Gregory. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 6s.)—A generous store of sea-stories, humorous and otherwise, containing also some good descriptions ; it is a little awkwardly pit together.—The Bock of the Ravens. By J. A. Steuart. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—A story of MacDonalds and Macintoshes at feud, full of gory excitement romanoe, amazing prowess of hero and heroine, and very black villainy. The conversation only rarely lapses into medernisms.
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