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Concerning Himself. By Victor L. Whitechurch. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—This

is a very long story told in the first person by a character whom the author acknowledges to be decidedly commonplace. It must be confessed that the story is like the hero. There is a danger in the present day that authors should think everyday life interesting because of, not in spite of. its dull- ness. If the veil which covers the human heart could for one moment be really lifted, no story, even that which was concerned with the most trivial details, could ever be dull. But the trivial details without the lifting of the veil are apt to be tedious.