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READABLE NOVELS.—Forlorn Adventurers. By Alice and Egerton Castle. (Methuen and

Co. 6s.)—This account of a man and woman who love each other but are divorced through a misunderstanding has some clever character-drawing, but is chiefly about vulgar people.—Grocer Greathear•t. By Arthur Adams. (John Lane. 6e.)—A fantastical, humorous tale of castaways on a tropical island.—The Nightingale. By Nancy Moore. (Constable and Co. 6s.)—Miss Moore's story of a holiday is really a plea for• liberty of spirit, written with tenderness and a gentle humour.—"Bones." By Edgar Wallace. (Ward. Lock, and Co. 6s.)—Tales of two English- men among native tribes. They are well written, but not so exciting as they should be.