Reenamat NOVELS.—Captain Dallington. By Katharine S. Macquoid. (J. W. Arrowsmith,
Bristol. Gs.)—A story of the machinations of a celebrated highwayman, in which for once the xeader's sympathies are engaged on the side of virtue.—My Merry Rockhursf. By Agnes and Egerton Castle. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 6.3.) —A book of sketches of the days of Charles II. con- nected by a central figure. The story entitled "The Plague Cart," in which a card-party is interrupted by the shouts of ."Bring out your dead !" is decidedly powerful.—The City of Pleasure. By Arnold Bennett. (Chatto and Windus. 6s.)— 'The story of a magnificent enterprise ingeniously combined with a family mystery.—Lisheen. By Canon Sheehan, D.D. (Long- mans and Co. Os.)—A story of Irish life, eminently characteristic, though not continuously attractive.—His First Leave, By L. Allen Harker. (E. Arnold. 6s.)—The scene is laid partly in India, partly in England, with a cleverly contrived opposition between -the claims of one country and the other.
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