"Da. Keasixsx's Securn"—By MP, Shiels Ltd, London, A weird and horror-filled tale is this new novel by M.P. Shiel. Dr. Cyril Krasinski, a physician of good repute, entertains a secret and diabolical-scheme to improve the }world. For this purpose he uses a small boy and a pleasant " assortment of English country folk. While superbly one cannot but wish that the physician with the mysterious powers had devised some other means to work out his plans; rather than to imprison this cheerful little boy in a London house, allowing him liquids bat eweer wines and no food that is free from salt, The lad, consequently, in the few times he is sent to visit his friends, the Brays, makes himself disliked by his secrecy and his drunken habits. Under the hypnotic influence of tha doctor, the entire Bray family fall ito his clutches. John and Hurrel, the two brothers, fall sick and die of an incurable throat disease similar to that which has taken away Bobbie's parents. Then Patricia, lovely sister of Rebecen Bray, becomes infatuated with the doctor and suffers from severe headaches which imperil her sight. Rebagea, alone, youngest of the Brays and much admired by Bobbie, refuses to let the doctor wrap het about his fingers, and makes attempt to free her sister and Bobbie from his influence. To do this she writes to the elder brother woman's taunt releases a series of circumstances in this novel which change the whole course of several lives and, incidentally, disprove the truth of the Bing Boys' ditty of years ago that "the first love is the best love and the last love of all." Guy Beauclaize, the man about town has to admit, after all, that he is nothing more than a gigolo as hig enormous! wealthy American fiancee, Coralie Stanton, dubbed bin io atgers }When his meagre income fails adopts the profession th wich shi said. was his only capability in lite Jand the first night plunges him tite very intriguing situation which develops to such a degree that a better title for the book veald be "Scrambled Love.", A publicity, agent with no soul bit bright ideas helps in the development and when the climax is reached he convenient ly drops out of existence in the sensational manner adopted by famous Belgian banker two or throb years ago. Miss Greig's thrace terizations are very good and she has a very.whimsical touch which finds Ho better illustration. than in the concluding sentences:
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oise one of her hands eve T'do Teven think—1U like ite of Bobbie, Adam Ransome, engineer in Constantinople, and finally induces him to visit England and rescue his brother, Bobbie, learning that he has been the innocent cause of many people's death, makes a final attempt to reach' Rebecca and tell her what causing Patricia to lose her eye sight, He writes a letter to is brother telling what he fas learned and destroys himself. Adam Ransome, is able to save the two sisters and Krasinski dies, a victim of his own designs, The romance between Rebecca and Ransome is the only bright spot in the tale, which ends well-told story of death and dis-
Or Japan's artificial silk exports of over $25,000,000 from January, to September this year, "$2,431,600 worth was iniported by China, Cuns's population, according, to the latest government figures. just released, is 9,601,582, persons, State {sties show that' the. provines of Havana has a population of 960,000, the majority of whom are located in the city of Havana. Another inter ting feature of the report is the population of Oriente province, Which is only slightly tens than Havana, with 907,518 inhabitants, Oriente province is in the extreme eastern end of Cuba, a section rich industrial and agricultural me tress—V.K.
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