17 JULY 1909, Page 23

The Bronze Bell. By Louis J. Vance. (Grant Richards. 6s.)—

This story begins on Long Island, in which exceedingly un- expected place a " babu" startles the heroine's horse by bursting out of a thicket, simply for the purpose of delivering an Indian token to the hero. The hero is a pure American, but the " babu" mistakes him for one of his friends who, being by birth a Rajput, masquerades as an Anglo-Saxon. After the suicide of this friend the scene is transferred to India, where many exciting adventures are gone through in connexion with the message and token which have made their first appearance in chap. 1. The book is at least picturesque and exciting, though the adventures are sometimes a little confused.