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The Wise Fool. By Olive Armstrong. (benn. 7s. 6d.)— Miss

Armstrong has made the mistake of focusing our atten- tion on an entirely uninteresting and insipid character—a peasant girl who leaves her home in a small town on the Ulster......

Black Jack House. By L. Allen Harker. (murray. 7s....

who appreciate quiet, dignified, old-fashioned charm will enjoy this characteristic novel by Mrs. Harker. The house of the title is one of those pleasant, double-fronted, stone......

Poison In The Garden Suburb. By G. D. H. And

M. Cole. (Collins. 7s. 6d.)—Mr. and Mrs. Cole's new detective story is disappointing. A' bewildering ritimlier of characters appear in it, and we feel that so many of them are......

Fiction

Three Exceptional Novels The House of Gold. By Liam O'Flaherty. (Cape. 7s. 6ti.) A High Wind in Jamaica is one of the finest of the few truly original works of fiction that have......