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The Unknown Steersman. By Irene Burn. (T. Fisher Unwhir 13s.)—The

book is chiefly concerned with the same prOblem as "Tess of the d'Urbervilles," but the author gives it a different solution. The story of Anglo-Indian life is well and fully drawn, and ,the first scenes which deal with Celia's arrival in India are amusingly written, but the book as a whole is not particularly pleasant. The characters are rather in the nature of types than of new creations.