27 APRIL 1912, Page 39

The Mystery of Redmarsh Farm. By Archibald Marshall. (Stanley Paul

and Co. 6s.)—Even the most ingenious novel reader will take some time to discover the solution of the Mystery of Redmarsh Farm, and it would ill become tho critic to betray Mr. Marshall's seoret to the public. Besides containing an excellent mystery the book is well and readably written, and the character drawing is more definite than is usual in books of this kind. The Clayton brothers, Barbara Clayton, and Edward Knightly all live before our eyes. But the faithful reader of Miss Austen will be rather shocked at the nomenclature of the hero, who is often mentioned without his Christian name. "Mr. Knightly" seems as real a personage as most historical characters, and a now Mr. Knightly is hardly welcome in the world of fiction.