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A Book Of Precious Stones. By Julius Wodiska. (g. P.

Putnam's Sons. 10s. 6d.)—Mr. Julius Wodiska writes well. His chapters on the classification of precious atones, on the discovery of the diamond, and on the intricate maze of......

Novels.

FAIRYLANDS FORLORN:t TEE belles-lettres of South Africa, which Mr. Cripps has already enriched by the volume of poems noticed in the Spectator of July 17th, 1909, have received......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not bin reserved for review in other forms.] The Life of Martin Blake, B.D. By John Frederick Chanter. (John Lane.......

No.19. By Edgar Jepson. (mills And Boon. 6s.)—this Is A

story concerned with the blackest of black magic, and creatures of the Abyss are freely invoked in its pages by a learned gentleman who lives in a suburb. Mr. Jepson contrives......

Readable Novels. —paths Perilous. By Sidney Pickering....

68.)—A powerfully written story of the French Revolution. Meralda is a specially fine study.—Gilbert Livingston. By John Urquhart. (Marshall Brothers. 6s.)—The scene is laid in......