1 JANUARY 1910, Page 32

The Panuc-Flower. By Jane Wardle. (Edward Arnold. 6s.)— Although this

novel contains both a cryptogram and a hidden treasure, it is less stereotyped than might have been expected. There is an interesting (though not altogether convincing) study of the psychology of a man who is in love with two ladies almost indistinguishable in appearance, but very different in character. The style, too, is more literary than that of the average book of adventure.