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READABLE Novms.—Families Repaired. By J. S. Fletcher. (Allen and Unwin.

6s.)—A social novel dealing with pre-war conditions. Afraid. By Sidney Dark. (John Lane. 6s.)—A rather painful story of a coward and his redemption.—Jimmy's Wife. By Jessie Champion. (Same publisher and price.)—The most important characters in this book are a country rector and his wife, both of whom are decidedly unconventional in type.