12 JULY 1902, Page 22

A Modern Miracle. By M. McDonnell Bodkin. (Ward, Lock, and

Co. 6s.)—This is a story of intrigue and crime, and fortu- nately for the interests of justice, the two principal scoundrels are hoist with their own petard (one of them literally) in the end. The miracles of science are turned to the ends of villainy, and for a time the reader sees no escape for the virtuous. Luckily, a, greater scientist than the wicked one appears, and finally saves the situation. The book has the full, rich aroma of the Adelphi melodrama, and might as appropriately be labelled "Virtue Rewarded."