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Tales of the Austral Tropics. By Ernest Pavane. (Osgood, McIlvaine,

and Co.)--If these thirteen stories had been reduced by one, we should have had nothing to say against this volume. Comedy and tragedy are mixed in the tales, with the result of making them highly effective. They come recommended as genuine and true to fact by "Ralph Boldrewood," author of "Robbery under Arms," "Laudari a laudato."