10 DECEMBER 1910, Page 26

The Golden Silence. By C. N. and A. M. Williamson.

(Methuen and Co. 6s.)—Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, having led their readers all over Europe, now conduct them across the Mediterranean to Algiers. One cannot praise the construction of the story, the entanglement of the hero with the young lady called Margot being somewhat gratuitous. Nor is it easy to accept the self-taught American dancer who every now and then flits like a brilliant meteor through the most fashionable theatres in Europe and then disappears into complete obscurity. Surely in these days of the ubiquitous Pressman such a feat would have been impossible. But the descriptions of the Sahara are wonderfully attractive, and the authors contrive to give a vivid picture of the charm and mystery of the East.