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READABLN NOVELL—The Yellow God, By H. Rider Haggard. (Cassell and

Co. 13s.)—" An Idol of Africa" is the sub-title, and, as the reader may suppose, it is a story of devil-worship and the like horrors set forth as Mr. Rider Haggard knows how.—The Silent Ones. By Mary Gaunt and J. Ridgewell Essex, (T. Werner Laurie. Os.)—This is another African story, with a somewhat finer touch about it, and rising to no little height in dealing with the race problem.— The Merry Heart. By Frank A. Swhanerton. (Chatto and Wincing. 6s.)—The story is not much, but there are good pictures of life and studies of character.