READABLE NOVELS.—The Unlit Lamp. By Algernon Gissing. (F.V.White and Co.
6s.)—A good story of English rural life in the early part of the nineteenth century, a young idealist coming into conflict with the social arrangements exemplified by the old Poor Law.—Katrine. By Elinor lkiacartney Lane. (Harper and Brothers. 6s.)—The story does not wholly please us, but Katrine is a fine study.—Fiona. By Lady Napier of Magdala. (John Murray. 6s.)—All the Scots people are admirable, Fiona especially; but why are all the English such vulgar creatures P—In Culvert's Valley. By Margaret P. Montague. (S. Paul and Co. 6s.)— This is a well-told tale with a skilfully managed surprise. Hester Rymal, too, is a fine study.—Over Brave Blue Seas. By W. Brooke. (Century Press. 6s.)—Some genuine experiences of the sea, put into the form of fiction, and always entertaining.—Old Lady Number 31. By Louise Forsslund. (Gay and Hancock. 3s. 6d.)—An entertaining little comedy, with a wholesome moral.
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