ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Ore«tt Wine. By Owen A roller. John Xcn*. The Bodley Head. Hugh—of course Hugh—is a vast ugly-' man who thinks himself unlovable. Mr Archer knows Better, and schools him along until, hand in hand, he and lelay "cross the lawn towards his car, ing eagerly, smiling happily, their footprints set in diamonds on the frosted grass." 1 -i , , , -■ (1) The Spy. By Sydniy Horler. (it) Bow Koit, MeLaan. By' GMvga SeodcMld. Hodder and Stongbton. Tron W. S, Smart, (3b 6d net each.) Both of these thrillers by expert hands, though published at ft reprint price, are entirely new boo] 'i and it is not enough to say that ffeey ar« worth the money. The Devil Man. By Edgar Wallace. ■ Collins, Sons, and Co., Ltd. Taking for his theme the career of the infamous Charles Peace, Mr Edgar Wallace gives his verdict on the jacket—"The best stprjr I have ever written"; and to challenge that would be impertinent. The Tt&U of the' Hawk. By Sinclair Xsemia. Uniform Edition: Jonathan Cape. (8a net.) This is the ninth volume now issued in Mr Cape V very pleasant uniform edi-, - tion of Sinclair Lewis. It is one of the liveliest of the novels, less penetrating in satire than the best, but irresistibly abundant. The Earth Told Me. By Thames Williamson. George G. Harxap and Co, Xitd. ; An exciting story, unconventional and told with considerable art. The characters of the drama are AJamfrfm Eskimos; but- the power and beauty of Nature are realised as blind but singicant agents, in it. Single-handed. By Vera Wheotfey. John Murray. -Miss Wheatley invests the humble figure of Maggie, a working girl and working woman, with pathos and nobility, largely by depicting behind its faithfulness and constancy the grand and terrible rhythm of the world's changes. Sheepmateg. By. William Hatfield. Angus and Bohertson. This is a remarkably good novel of life on the stations of Central Australia. The author has a sense of scene and a sense of character, and their interaction gives an impressive reality to his pages. Theories of Population. Raleigh to Arthur Young. By James Bonar. Allen and Unwin. (10s 64 net.) This is a series of lectures deliverea at the University of London on demographical problems o! the earlier statist:cians. Its subject matter makes n of greater interest to the specialist, than to the general reader.