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His Great Adventure. By Robert Herrick. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—The

better half of the book is Part I., entitled "Fortune," in which Edgar Brainard, the hero, becomes casually involved in rescuing the papers of one H. Krutz- macht from the hands of Kratzmaeht't enemies. His escapes by train and otherwise are extremely exciting. But the second part of the story, "Melody," in which, having made a quantity of money, which he holds for Krutzmacht's undiscoveruble heirs, Brainard tries to start a National Theatre in New York, is not so entertaining. The novel makes no pretensions to subtle character-drawing, but the beginning is good, honest adventure, well told.