almost too familiar,—dynamite, regicide, and Siberia. Yet, thanks chiefly to
a strong and well-constructed plot, it cannot be said to be commonplace. A son discovers that his father has, for some mysterious reason or other, been exiled to Siberia, and, leaving his relatives and sweetheart, sets forth to find him. In the course of the marvellous adventures which befall him on his way, he makes good friends in the Russian official service, and also
stumbles upon (and kills) the scoundrel who has caused his father to be falsely accused of plotting against the life of the Czar, and, in consequence, sent to Siberia. The scoundrel signs a confession of his treachery, and by securing this, and also by discovering another plot against the Czar, the hero secures his father's release. Saved by a Secret cannot be said to disclose fresh material for the novelist who makes Russia the base of his operations. But the old materials are undoubtedly made the most of.
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