Found Money. By George A. Birmingham. (Methuen. 7s. 6d.
net.) net.)
Mr. Birmingham has invented a clever and amusing plot for his new novel, and he tells it with experience and a com- fortable wit. He does not " command attention," but " holds " it pleasantly. We have never been less thrilled by a treasure hunt and rarely more interested in one. Found Money is too good to send a reader to sleep, but excellent to prepare him for it. The author makes no discoveries in psychology, yet his characters are sufficiently alive and suffi- ciently true to the convention of psychology for his gentle purpose—to amuse. His satire on Irish politics—his treasure hunt is in Ireland—should not stir the fiercest patriot to resentment, not even his eloquent Josephine herself. He would never really hurt anybody's feelings on purpose. A good, easy man.
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