READABLE NOVEL8.—The Magic Plumes. By Mrs. Steuart Erskine. (Methuen and
Co. 6s.)---An interesting modern story, of which the scone is laid in Mexico.—Chance thb Changeling. By Maude C. Knight. (Greening and Co. 6s.)—A story in which the turning-point of the plot is the likeness between two middle- aged men who are twins.—Kindred Spirits, By L. T. Meade. (John Long. 6s.)—A story, founded on a mystery resembling that of the well-known story of a Scotch castle. It is, if not entirely credible, at any rate very uncanny reading.—The Strongest of AU Things. By Madame Albanesi. (Hurst and Blacliett. 6s.)—The tale. is not much, but the telling is excellent. Anna Matterstone is a very fine creation.—Georgie. By Dorothea Deakin. (Gay and Bird. 6s.)—An amusing farce, to which Cowley's list of his loves might serve as an introduction.—The House of Rest. By Mrs. Fred. Reynolds. (Hurst and Blackett. 6s.)—Leone Lorraine, opportunely enriched, establishes a home for the unlucky. The humours of her guests and her own love story are worked up together.— Sirocco. By Kenneth Brown. (Cassell and Co. 6s.)—An excellent story of adventure, in which Duncan, a hard-headed American, is pitted against an Eastern potentate of the old-fashioned sort.
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