16 NOVEMBER 1895, Page 38

The Secret of the Court. By Frankfort Moore. (Hutchinson and

Co.)—We are disappointed with this story, for so much more might have been done with the secret,—which, indeed, is the Secret of Life, discovered in an Egyptian temple. Mr. Moore is hardly seen to advantage in a story in which there is mystery but no action. It is dull reading at times, and makes us long regret- fully for those more stirring scenes and characters in which the author is thoroughly at home. Mr. Moore tells an adventurous episode better than he relates a romance.