15 MARCH 1924, Page 34

(Cecil. Palmer. 7s. 6d.)

No element of" thrill "is absent from this-story. Gamblers, , ghosts, murderers, beautiful women, and the instruments of poetic justice disguised in white habits, masks and pointed hoods hold the stage separately and together. hi 'the end' virtue, represented by the ghost, the heroine and- the ring- leader.-of -the: disguised-anaateur-poliee, triumphs - The worst villain is. hanged; the smaller, fry .are: suitably. chastised, and the town is entirely reformed and re-created.