CLOTH OF GOLD. By Elswyth Thane. (Murray. 7s. 6d.)—This sequel
to Riders of the Wind reintroduces Alexandra Ingarsen, that young daughter of the Vikings. She is about to settle down to married life in Devorishire with Blaise Doris, the retired Indian colonel, when a message from Delhi reaches the latter, invoking his return to India to clear up the trouble that has arisen through his connection, years ago, with the cloth of gold. The cloth is a jewelled and mystic rribe, which, having been stolen from its remote temple shrine and lost in the hills north of British India, has led to warfare on a minor scale. Blaise and Alexandra embark upon the enterprise of recovering it, and, needless to say, " the last of the Ingarsens " finds ample scope for her prowess and pluck. The story is effective enough in its artificial way. But we prefer the author in the vein of idyllic comedy that characterized His Elizabeth.
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