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Jo, a Simple Soul. By Una L. Silberrad. (Hutchinson. 7s.

6d. net.)—A delightful new version of the "missing heir" plot. The homely adventures -of the •hero are told -with a lively sincerity, and he himself, bright with pure -humanity, is drawn not, of course, with the Dostoievsky -touch, but astonishingly better titan is usually the ease in novels -about Christ-like characters.