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READABLE NOVELS.—The .Return of the Petticoat. By Warwick Deeping. (Harper

and Brothers. 6s.)—A modern story of a woman who, disliking the restrictions of her own sex, assumes the garb of the other.—A White Lie. By G. Russell Beardmore- (John Long. 6s.)—This is the story of a murder in which the. heroine is much troubled to avoid being unjustly convicted of parricide.