twe_Swwer or Deart—By Louis Grey.
iver Nicholson & Watson, London.
"The Signet of Death" will be! thoroughly appreciated by all, those who" ike fast-moving detective Stortes In which the only way to] find who "did it" is to pick upon the most unlikely person. Three murders are committed, each equally Batling. The murderer, however, did not reckon with the able mind of Inspector Crane, Scotland's Yard) number one detective and solver of the most dificult problems. He 's assisted. by Sergeant Stevens, whose Sense of humour provides good comic ellef to the ever changing action. There fs no need to go into deta of the story, it is suficent to sav that the book is geod light reading and once started it is difficult to put Gown until the last page is reached fon the subject of his pet busbesr, slums—and suggests that the children should think for themselves.
The style of writing is always vivid and colloquial, with perhaps a little Superfuous slang, and many of the letters are enhanced by amusing il-Tustrations. Though their topical nature necessarily makes some of them out of date, the book is of permanent value for its lucid explana tions of many problems of perennial interest sbout which parents themselves are apt to be vague—a.v.c.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.