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A Bird of Paradise. By Charles T. C. James. 3

vols. (Spencer Blackett.)—This is the story of a lady whom it would be a compli- ment to call a flirt. Her goings-on bear the same relation to flirtation as does murder to manslaughter. It is, to our mind, a most unattractive tale of man's folly and woman's wickedness.