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The Lady Of The Decoration. (hodder And Stoughton. 6s.)—...

are a good many curious details about life in Japan in this volume, which will tend to make the reader half forgive its anonymous author for having chosen the dfficult form of a......

The Lapse Of Vivien Eady. By Charles Marriott. (eveleigh...

6s.)—Mr. Marriott's writing is always Much above the average, and in the present book he gives his readers admirable pictures of the coast scenery of Cornwall, combined with......

Current Literature.

THE QUARTERLIES. The Edinburgh Review opens with a very able and judicious article on "The Political Situation." The writer is convinced that the main issue at the Election was......

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Out Of Due Time. By Mrs. Wilfrid Ward. (longmans And

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Novels.

LADY BALTIMORE.* THE author of The Virginian was sure in advanoe of an appreciative hearing from the large English audience who had enjoyed the fine qualities of his earlier......