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The Doubts Of Diana. By Evelyn Tempest. (hodder And...

6s.)—One is inclined to wonder whether both the books by Miss Tempest which have appeared since the pub- lication of " The McArdle Peerage" were written before or after that......

'ciiesitcll The Author Ofthis Book, Although ,greatly...

- developments of chemical and ptiyaicaltheory, is very farfrom being-one-Of those scientists who despise the applications of pure discovery. Indeed, two-thirds of the volume`......

Novels.

ADRIAN SAVAGE.* Lucia MALET'S new novel raises several interesting ques- tions. It prompts us to ask, to begin with, whether any .-entirely satisfactory work of fiction was ever......

Readable Novzas.—one Of The Family. By Keble Howard....

and Co. 6s.)—One of Mr. Keble Howard's usual sketches of -middle-class life. It is written in his customary style, though perhaps it is not quite so clever in its detail as "The......

Sanders Of The River. By Edgar Wallace. (ward, Lock And

Co. 6s.)—Mr. Edgar Wallace gives a series of convincing sketches of life in Western Africa in his study of the adventures of Mr. Commissioner Sanders. Some of the stories are of......