18 SEPTEMBER 1909, Page 25

Stolen Honey. By Ada and Dudley James. (S. Paul and

CO. 68.)—This is a pleasant little story, most of which passes in an English country house, though the fortunes of a young diplomat form the motive of the book. What the important diplomatic post may be which this young gentleman is called on to fill in Ceylon we must leave to the authors to reveal. The first chapter is excitingly written, but the solution of the mystery is not quite so well managed.