23 APRIL 1927, Page 26

THE BLACK BUDDHA. By Lady Chitty. (Jenkins. 7s. 6d.)—The Black

Buddha is a large statue, belonging to a lawyer. The lawyer is stabbed, and some papers relating to buried treasure arc secreted within the image by the escaping murderer. The adventures of Roy Rushworth, the hero of the tale, turn upon the search for the hidden jewels. Lady Chitty has woven a good plot. But the pace of her narrative is a little too slow for a mystery story. We are given, however, some attractively natural pictures of the life of an Anglo- Indian family in India, England, and Egypt.