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READABLE NOVELs.—Two Women. By Max Pemberton. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—As

brilliant as a revue, and in parts as vulgar. Mr. Pemberton is happier when he leaves the demi-monde of Le Touquet for the adventures of an escape from a German fortress.—The Sentence Absolute. By Margaret Macaulay. (James Nisbet and Co. 6s.)—A story as old-fashioned as this, with such pleasant people and so little subtlety, is sometimes a relief from modern ideas.