21 JULY 1923, Page 20

Here is one of those absorbing " mystery shockers "

which, until finished; render the reader entirely unfit for everyday life. When we have put them down we wonder at our absorption. The episodes in this example are too pre- posterously absurd, the hero too ridiculously omnipotent and omniscient, and the style ordinary. Yet, it has a spell,

and a most potent one. •