31 MAY 1902, Page 24

The Tear of Kalee. By Herbert Inman and Hartley Aspden.

(Chatto and Windus. 6s.)—The "Tear of Kalee" is the usual diamond stolen from the usual Indian idol, and pursued with'the usual cruelty and pertinacity by that same idol's priests. A little novelty is introduced into the story by a plot of the nature of the Comedy of Errors being woven into the pattern. The joint authors, however, should have remembered that the sleep-walking concealment of a stolen jewel was Mr. Wilkie Collins's private invention, and that most people have read "The Moonstone." Never- theless, readers who like a familiar plot with new variations will find the adventures of this book cleverly managed, and the interest fairly sustained.