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The House of Memories. By Lady Barbara Wilson. (Heinemann, 6s.)—This

is a most pleasant book. We use the words as great praise ; such books are becoming rare and are now of the nature of a luxury. In it the writer describes her youth in France, the youth of a rich young girl in Paris and in the Provinces. Little sketches of places and persons, of country visits and town doings, whether of her youthful or more mature years, all are delightful.

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