The January number of the Argosy is barely an average
one. The minor stories are rather slight. There is really no end to "The Artist's Romance," and, for that matter, very little in the way of a beginning ; and "The Strange Story of Our Villa" is only another case of murder being discovered in the ghostly fashion so much in favour at the present time. Mr. Charles Wood continues to discourse of his travels in his wonted interesting though not brilliant fashion. This month he is seen wandering among the Tombs of the Caliphs. There seems to be no end to the posthu- mous works of Mrs. Henry Wood. The new one, "The Engage- ment of Susan Chase," makes a rather commonplace beginning with a young woman seeing her sweetheart fall in love with and carry off her younger sister. There is more piquancy and pro- mise in "Mr. Warrenne, Medical Practitioner," which also begins this month.
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