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The Head of the Family. By Mrs. Henry Dudeney. (Methuen

and Co. Ss. net.)—There are few contemporary writers who are able to leave as poignant and living a picture on the minds of their readers as Mrs. Dudeney. The parlour at the back of the greengrocery-shop in High Street, Lewes, really lives in the eyes of the reader of this story. People who wish for purely cheerful reading will not find this a

• The Lose Need Papers. By Bennet eopplesteee. Leaden: John Murray. :sseet.1

satisfactory book, but it is powerful, and the character-drawing is in some instances masterly in spite of the fast that there is note single likable person in the whole novel. The reader will, however, welcome the relief of there being not a word about the war.