OTHER NOVELS
The Mystery Lady. By Robert W. Chambers. (Cassell. 7s. 6d. net.)—The title of this novel would have been even more appropriate had it.. been " The Mystery Man," for, though the status of the heroine puzzles hero and reader at her first appearance, the said hero's real status and purpose are far more deeply " wrapt in mystery " than those of Maddaleen Loveless herself. Buried treasure, Maya and Aztec inscriptions, and the latest type of American crook all add to the excitement of the novel, the scene of which is laid in New York and on a group of small islands off North Carolina. Here is situated the Loveless homestead, which bears the beautiful name of " Place-of-Swans." This touch of poetry is a relief in a book a large part of which is written in the slang used by American crooks—hardly to be understood by English readers. Those who like a story with an adventure on every page will welcome this book.
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