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READABLE NOVELS.—The Purple Mids. By F. E. Mills Young. (John

Lane. 6s.)—A. South African story of love and intrigue, concerning chiefly a " strong, silent man." Miss Young writes with remarkable fluency and has a strong grip of tlieplot.-.--014 Valentines. By Munsonifarens. (Constable and Co. 2a. 6d. net.)—The writer is generous with charm and pretty happiness : but the publishers are even.more generous. for they give us one whole chapter twice over.—Waysids Neighbours. By the Author of Especially. (Longnaans and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)--Most of these little stories of Army life are reprinted from the Treasury. They are religious and mystical, in tone, some of them with real pathos.