'"puritan's Devit."—By Clemence Da and Helen Simpson, Hodder Stoughton.
"Printer's Devil" is purported to be, by its advertisers, a mystery story. The only similarity which it has to so-called mystery story is, that it contains one marder and Jone murderer. The identity of the murderer is apparent even before the crime is committed. The two authors of this bit of "sagar-leaves Jand roses" make no attempt to shroud their chapters in mystery. There is no detective work, no false clues, no trial and error method of solving the identity of the murder-jer. They have put into trifling tale of wasp like wittinees characters who carry their own stories and Jdenouments from the time they are introduced, not by any fault of the plot but" because of their own psychological soundneeses. The Jdeath of Home Pedlar is but an incident, as far as the advertised mystery is concerned. Her death, jor her manner of dying are sub: merged in the personality which her Jauthors have created. Marmion Poole, the incidental murderer, in making of an abstract Artistic Temperament an actual artist is a fascinating subject who is tossed about on the spear-points of very clever and apt words. Gilda Beden-ham is a trifle disappointing after her provocative debut, although the Jeause for her submersion, her bridegroom Koko Fry continues his Practical sense of humour to a successful end—at.c. bad
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