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C Urrent Literat Ur E.

NATIONAL DEFENCE AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE. The Problem of National Defence. By Major Ross, D.S.O., The Norfolk Regiment. (Hutchinson and Co. 12s. net.)—Offence not Defence ; or,......

The Enchanted Garden. By Maud Stepney Rawson. (methuen...

6s.)—The charm of this story consists chiefly in the description of a beautiful Spanish garden in an island in mid. : Atlantic. The . island—" San Carlos"—appears to be one of......

The Cloak Of Charity. By Lady Arbuthnot. (r.t.s. 2s.)— This

little book, intended for girls of about fifteen or sixteen, describes a Christmas visit of the eldest daughter of a large family to a lonely aunt,—the wearer of "The Cloak of......

Readable Novels. —the Girl And The Miracle. By Richard...

and Co. 6s.)—A. tale of the detection of crime, complicated with all Mr. Marsh's well-known ingenuity, — The Privateers. By H. B. Marriott Watson. (Same pub- lishers. 6s.)—A......

Novels.

A MOTHER'S SON.• NOVELS with an athletic Admirable Crichton for hero were more connuou forty years ago than to-day, and we have no quarrel with Mr. and Mrs. Fry for reviving a......