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THE FUNNY. BONE. Compiled by Lady Cynthia Asquith.

(Jarrolds. 6d.)-=This volume contains eighteen humoroui short stories-by living masters of the craft. -The-writers include Messrs. E. F. Benson, George A. Birmingham, Stacy Aumonier, Compton - Mackenzie, Denis Maekail; and P. G. VVodehouse, Mrs. Alfred Sjdgwick, Miss Elizabeth Bowen, and Lady Cynthia Asquith herself. None of the stories has previously, appeared in book fora); and together they offer a rare feast of varied

entertainment. •