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The Stepson. By Martin Armstrong. (cape. '7s. 6d) —mr....

quiet dignity and restraint give added poignancy to the ultimate tragedy of young Kate Patten, who becomes the third wife of old Squire Humphrey and falls in love with his......

Soldier Born. By Conal O'riordaii. (collins. 7s. 6d.)...

O'Riordan needs no introduction as a writer of historical fiction. Soldier Born is a worthy successor to Adam of Dublin and will be enjoyed by all who like a straight- forward......

Fiction

The Germanic and the Latin Traditions The Ugly Duchess. By Lion Feuchtwanger. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. (Martin Becker. 7s. 6d.) Tats translation of Feuchtwanger's "......

By Request. By Ethel M. Dell. (fisher Unwin. 7s....

" by request " of some of her readers, Miss Dell's new novel describes the love romance of Peggy Musgrave and Noel Wyndham, who figured in a previous story. " Noel the Wonderful......

The Story. Of. Ivy.: .13y Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. (heine- Mann;

7s. 6d.)----" She's., a : -.perfect -little minx." . Such., is Lady Dale's opinion of Lexton, after she has seen her for but a few minutes. : But, eXCeiit for Lady Dale, Ivy......

The Moonlady. By Upton Close. (putnam. S2.00.)— This...

scene of which is - laid in Peking, with its modern political unrest, is at once exciting and beautiful. Helen Langdon, the daughter of a British official, falls in love with......

Wild Oats Meadow. By Myfanwy Pryce. (faber And Gwyer. 7s.

6d.)—Miss Pryce writes with such com- plete understanding of the point of view of present-day youth that the reader will come to the conclusion that she herself is well under......

The Fires Of Youth. By May Wynne. (alston Rivers. 7s.

6d.)—Miss Wynne's characters are puppets. But she manipulates them with skill and gets some true observatiOn of human nature into this melodramatic tale of the adventures in......

The Exile. By Mary Johnston. (thornton Butter- Worth. 7s....

action of Miss Johnston's mystical novel takes place some decades hence in the imaginary island of Eldorado, a part of the British Empire. The interest does not lie in the......