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READABLE NOVELS.—Out of the Blue. By R. Gorell Barnes. (Longmans

and Co. 6s.)—If the temptations of lovers, blameless hero and heroine, alone for a year on an uninhabited island, must be described, the right way is taken in this romance, which has many good qualities of style and imagination.—The Lady of the Canaries. By St. John Lucas. (William Blackwood and Sons. 6s.)—These are on a far higher plane than the usual " short stories " : the last is lighter fun, but the longer ones present serious and excellent studies.—The Frontiers of the Heart. By Victor Margueritte. (William Heinemann. 6s.)—A competent translation of that poignant story of the Franco-Prussian war, Les Frontieres du Cceur, which was noticed in the Spectator of Oct. 26th, 1912.