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Mary Up At Gaffries. By S. C. Nethersole. (mills And

Boon- 6s.)—The reader who is endowed with patience will find this a very charming novel. The beginning is not particularly attractive, but the moment the Mary of the title grows......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this ?wading we %Mks such Books of the week as have sot bans Taloned for review in other forms.] Ionia and the Bast. By David G. Hogarth. (Clarendon Press. 3s. 6d.......

Novels.

LORDS OF THE SEA.t Mn. NOBLE once again writes with a purpose, and writes at white heat. His last book, The Grain Carriers, was directed against the latest Board of Trade......

Biblical Criticism And Modern Thought. By W. G. Jordan, D.d.

(T. and T. Clark. 7s. 6d. net.)—The main purpose of this book is to show that the acceptance of the conclusions of criticism is not inconsistent with belief, and, further, that......

Readable Novuls.—the Yellow Rose. By Mamas Jdkai....

Hungarian by Beatrice Danford. (Jarrold and Sons. 2s. 6d. not.)—A tragic story of jealousy, good of its kind, which readers who like such things should enjoy.—Moon of Valleys.......

The Marriage Of Hilary Carden. By Stanley Portal Hyatt (t.

Werner Laurie. 6s.)—This novel is interesting as long as it deals with life in South Africa and with the making of the country as a white man's dominion. When, however, the......