7 DECEMBER 1907, Page 9

The Mystery of the Silver Run. By Bessie Marchant. (Wells

Gardner, Darton, and Co. 2s.)—This story of a silver mine in the mountainous region of the Andes, the Pascoe Plateau, is a little . out of the usual run as regards locality, and so distinctly i refreshing. The atmosphere of the Andean Highlands is conveyed' to us with some success, and the adventures of Rob Kennedy and Curly sustain the reader's interest to the last. The fate of the two Chinese silver-stealers is tragically appropriate, and the mystery of the lost silver develops most naturally.