12 JANUARY 1924, Page 20

The conventional tale of the "society beauty who, on the

death of her father, disguises herself as a man and goes

to Tasmania to seek her fortune in the osmiridium She falls in love with the handsome and melodious-voiced Salarno, and, after the usual complications, marries him. The author obviously knows her country well, and she gives some fine descriptions of the Tasmanian forests.