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THE NINTH VIBRATION. By L. Adams Beck. (New York: McClelland

and Stewart.)—This volume contains a series of "Jong" short stories—all of a highly mystical character—dealing with the Far Rast, a term which must be taken to include China. The author knows lais subject and has caught the atmosphere ; but as the sketches make no attempt at credibility, they will hardly appeal to the average reader of fiction.