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The House Of Defence. By E. F. Benson. (w. Heinemann.

6s.)—Unlike his brother, Father Benson, in "A Mirror of Shalott," Mr. E. F. Benson supplies a preface to his new novel, telling the reader which of the miracles described within......

Novels.

THE LONGEST JOURNEY.* WE confess to preferring agreeable to disagreeable people in books as well as in life. A few disagreeable persons, to be sure, may serve the useful purpose......

Readable Novels.—a Woman Perfected. By Richard Marsh....

modern story concerned with the disagree- able consequences to one's heirs of leading a double life, even from virtuous motives.—Sir Elyot of the Woods. By Emma Brooke. (W.......