The City of Mystery. By Archibald C. Gunter. (Ward, Lock,
and Co. 6s.)—Mr. Gunter has a good story of adventure to tell in this book, and he tells it with his own accustomed wealth of italics, capitals, and notes of exclamation. It is impossible to deny that Mr. Gunter imparts great " go " to his novels of adventure, but it is open to question whether this effect is not produced in spite of the devices mentioned above, and not because of them. The movement is so brisk, and the situations so astounding, that the reader, if in a properly credulous mood, cannot choose but be amused. Any one who succeeds in being convinced by the metamorphosis of Monsieur Boucher will enjoy the recital of his adventures, but the reader will do well to understand that it is of no use to begin the book unless he is prepared to swallow the preposterous events told in the first chapters. Otherwise the rest of the story is quite incredible.
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