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READABLE NOVELS.—Reported Missing. By J. H. Emmy. (Allen and TJnwin.

60.)—The translation of a French story of three airmen who have to make a forced descent in Germany. Their subsequent adventures are exceedingly ox- -citing--Broken Idols. By Mabel B. Brookes. (Andrew Melreee. 5a.)—The interest of this novel lies in the description of Egypt, as seen through the eyes of an Australian soldier and his wife. It deals with the early days of the war.—Martin, Bon of John. By C. A. Nicholson. (Sidgwick andJaakson. fib.) —A story dealing with the sad results to a son of having a mother who does not believe in the morality of marriage and who insists on dispensing with all legal ties.