Three Glass Eyes. By William Le Queux. (Trehertte and Co.
6s.)—In spite of every effort on the part of the author, this story. which is of the " shocker " order, does not really hinge on the three glass eyes in the way it ought to do to justify the cover of the book. It is, however, a story of Crime with a capital letter, and the way in which hero and heroine are persecuted by the villain is worthy of the best traditions (lately so happily revived) of the Adelphi. Unfortunately, the story is not very convincing, and without conviction no one can enjoy
• anovel of this type. It is a little difficult, for instance, to believe in the poison-ring which inoculates with leprosy. That leprosy may be given by pricking with poison may pass, but that the symptoms could come on within a few hours is rather difficult to believe. The lay reader would like his credulity' strengthened by a foot-note from a doctor saying that this might conceivably happen. The most credible person in the book is the journalist Paul Renishaw, who is well drawn and lifelike. The other characters are some of them ridiculous and the rest wooden.
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