THE COLOMBO BABY. By Peter Kinsey. (Roberts. 7s. 6d.)—The machinery
of Mr. Peter Kinsey's novel creaks a little ; it is rather obtrusive. Too many people whose lives are connected with each other meet by coincidence. A baby, who is shipwrecked and afterwards adopted by the hero Dick Anderson, has a curious formation of the toe-joints ; this, of course, leads to her identification in the last chapter. The most distressing phrase in the book is one which describes the baby as " a lump of cuddlesome infant." Another sen- tence, " Lord Glendoney found himself hugged and kissed by a slightly hysterical girl, British by birth, Australian by rearing," is rather startling. If it were not for slipshod writing and flowery passages The Colombo Baby would be quite a pleasant novel. It is full of incident and excitement.
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