SHOT ON THE DOWNS. By Canon Victor L. White- church.
(T. Fisher Unwin. 7s. 6d.)—As in The Crime at Didna's Pool, the author wrote the first chapter, describing the scene of the crime, before he had conceived the plot of the story. For this reason, and because of the petty failings—so essentially human—rather than the crimes of the characters involVed, it is a most satisfactory detective story. The reader never feels lie is dealing with anyone very much more astute than himself. There is no journalist of superhuman wit', neither is there the usual sleuth-hound of a detective. The( finding of a dead body in a little copse on the Downs is til shattering blow to the peaceful little downland village below; whose inmates, some eagerly, some suspiciously (having themselves guilty consciences), assist the local police to dis-' cover the criminal. The denouement is unexpected and original.
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