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THE SILVER FLUTE. By Lida Larrimore. (Methuen. 7s. 6d.)—This delicately

whimsical novel by an American writer describes how an eighteen-year-old girl, having lost her parents, " mothers ' her young brothers and sisters, and finds an attractive partner in her enterprise. It is idyllic, but avoids sentimental excess.