The scene of this story is laid in the Western Gauts of South [India and it may be a realistic pic~ ture of the life of an Assistant Superintendent of Police but it is Met up to the standard the authoress has set for herself by her previous novels. There is little real plot and the dialogue does not ring true. The jyapourings of Govind the seer are itastic—a sweeping statement of
practically no ind knowledge his ind by a person, who has of Indian seers or magicians may sound presumptuous, but only small proportion of, it is to be trusted, for the authoress' sake, [the large numbers who will read the book can have such first-hand knowledge and it is to be hoped that they will take a less critical view than T am prepared to do. If the military and police officials talk and Jact as, Evan Llewell (Captain Denny and Inspector Max
[the Air* it would seem Vere, made {9 do im "Mage that. th vic must have affected their
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