READABLE NOVELS.—The Malabar Magician. By F. E. Penny. (Chatto and
Windus. Gs.)—A series of picturesque scenes from Indian life in which some English officials are the matter-of-fact and the magician the mysterious element. —The House of Reber- shays. By Emma Brooke. (Smith, Elder and Co. Gs.)—A story in which great business interests are skilfully interwoven with others of a personal kind.—The House on the Mall. By Edgar Jepson. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—An effective story of crime, coloured very red indeed.—A Lost Interest. By Mrs. G. Wemyss. Constable and Co. Gs.)—A society novel in which the character- ization is good, the plot indifferent.—Annabel and Others. By R. W. Wright Henderson. (John Murray. 6s.)—Among the "others "—Annabel, we should say, is a pet dog—is a quite admit.• able heroine who makes the story go well.
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