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ItsAnents No s.—The Council of Justice. By Edgar Wallace. (w ar d,

Lock, and Co. 6s.)---This is a very spirited story about the Nihilist movement. Readers who wore pleased by the "Emir Just men" will find it much to their minds.—Love and the Poor Suitor. By Percy White. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—The title Sufficiently indicates the character of the story. Those who have the old-fashioned liking for a happy ending will be pleased.— pie Law of the Land. By Fred M. White. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6s.)—A brisk story of an amateur detective who is amazingly enterprising, acute, and successful. But we cannot see what it has to do with "the Law of the Land."—The Pitfall. By Sir W. Magnay. (Same publishers. 6s.)—A modern novel of adventure in which archaeology and treasure-hunting ere excitingly mingled.