Mr. Wingrave, Millionaire. By E. Phillips Oppenheim. (Ward, Lock, and
Co. 6s.)—The Hidden House. By John Colin Dane. (Cassell and Co. 6s.)—These two books are of the frankly sensa- tional order, and may be recommended to people going on holidays. The Hidden House has a striking scene at a ball at Covent Garden in one of the early chapters, in which a corpse is seen to occupy the interior of a hollow decorative statue. Mr. Win grave, Millionaire, on the other hand, begins with the release of the hero from prison, where he has been serving a sentence which the reader does not need to be assured is entirely unjust. There is a great deal of briskness and "go" about both these stories, which, if they were published at one instead of six shillings, might fitly enter that list of books which in the vulgar tongue are known as "shockers."
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