Her Son's Wife. By Dorothy Canfield. (jonathan Cape. 7s. 6d.
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Spanish .bayonet. By Stephen . Vincent Benet. (heinemann....
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Georgian Stories, 1926. (chapman And. Hall. 7s. 6d.)—the...
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Rosa. By Knut Hamsun. (knopf. 7s. 6d. Net.)—it Cannot Be
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Country Life And Sport
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Great Short Stories Of The World (heine- Maim. 8s. 6d.),
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The Blind Ship. By Jean Barreyre. Translated By Heckles...
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The Children Of The Betrayer. By Evelyn S:mth. (nisbet. 7s.
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King Goshawk And The Birds. By Eimar O`duffy. (macmillan....
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Eyes Of A Gypsy. By John Murray Gibbon. (methuen. 7s.
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The Giant Of Oldborne. By John Owen. (heinemann. 7s. 6d.
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A Woman In Exile. By Horace Annesley Vaehell....
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