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READABLE NOVELS.—Hugh Gordon. By Rosamond - Southey. (Duckworth and Co. 6s.)—"It

is strange now to read a novel of the Boer War, but Miss Southey's story is spirited and happy.--A Lady of Russia. By Robert Bow- man. (William Heinemann. 6s.)—The interest of this Russian tale lies chiefly in its admirable "local colour."—Sweet Herbs and Bitter. By Morley Roberts. (Eveleigh Nash. 6s.)—Mr. Roberts would be better advised to go on working at long novels, for neither in plot nor in characterization are his short stories very satisfactory.—The Regent's Gift. By May Wynne. (Chapman and Hall. 6s.)—A tale of a Breton girl caught in the intrigues of eighteenth-century Paris. It is undistinguished, but romantic, and sometimes thrilling.