MURDER AT THE PAGEANT. By Victor L. White. church. (Collins.
7s. 0d.). The setting of a pageant in the, grounds of a country house is a tine confused field for a murderer. Jasper Hurst, the squire's new tenant, is found Icy an ex-member of the secret service dying in the sedan chair (in which Queen Anne was once carried). The clues are very plain' but their meaning is very perplexing and misleading, in fact there are two theories which would fit all the facts, and the truth is only divined, finally, by the presence of two fair hairs where only black should have been. Confirmation is luckily procured before the trial, Icy the confession of an accomplice. Such a plot, well worked out, and written by an author whose work is always pleasant reading, cannot fail to amuse while it will never shock the nerves. The characters are lightly and pleasantly drawn, especially the hero, Captain Bristow.
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