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Raid:IA.13Ln NovErs.—The Recoiling Force. By A. M. Champneys. (Edward Arnold.

6s.)—An uninspired story with, nevertheless, a capital plot. In spite of ourselves, we are interested in its many characters.—Sanin,e. By Michael Artzibashef. (Martin Seeker. 6s.)—This novel, translated from the Russian by Mr. Percy Pinkerton, is clever, perhapr, but

incredibly coarse, although Mr. Gilbert Cannan in his preface prefers to call it "brutal."—Prince and Heretic. By Marjorie Bowen. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—There is in this story of William of Orange a great deal of careful history, not much drama, and Miss Bowen's usual gift of colour and atmosphere.