THE BAFFLE BOOK. Edited by F. Tennyson Jesse- (Heinemann. 2s.
fid.)—This book contains twenty-eight problems in detection, the solutions of which are printed upside down at the end of the book. The reader is gives all the clues and is not misled by false statements of the authors. On the whole, given sufficient time and trouble, he ought- todie able to solve many of the mysteries, or to point out the right road to a solution, ,which is all that he is required to do. Only in one ease is the description of the clues defective in a way which prevents a solution by the reader without guessing. The stories themselves arc competent and ingenious, and the editress has done her work well in rendering them into an English setting from the original American. The book is a refreshing substitute for cross-word puzzles.
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