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NO COMMANDMENTS. By Lawrence David. • (Nash and Grayson. 7s. - 6d.)Thla

is a spirited story of modern piracy: Rex WitneY, a swaggering but cowardly adventurer, goes poaching forpearls in Tahiti. He takes with him on the' Ilona the brave and essentially good Peter Smith, who, havinA accidentally .killed a War • profiteer in a moment of frenzied indignation, is wanted for murder. The action, which is plentiful, turns upoii- the quarrel that arises from the tem- peramental differences of the two men ; and, of course, there is a woman involved. It is all very improbable, but suffir ciently ingenious and exciting ; and Mr. David gives us sonic good pictures of the South Seas. ". • - . . . .