8f, the same' prefecture. "As frequent Bina te Satin Shipments "of Gatto. trem "Aung New Fiction Ehanghat The publishers point out that eae na 2 although complete in itself Mr. J. exposed for Alan Rennie's "The Footstool of the Moon" (Hurst & Blackett, London. somes aires cat 1/6) introduces a series dealing with the whale cost of a ow service or Ocrovrn 4, 1878 the adventures" of "The Modern fis rt croc tet ate acy eae, Musketeers" who, on this first occasion of their meeting, have come future, when the Council Fequlte tions tobe "submitted' to, "the fe understand that, among the sug: iGjournied Meeting "of ottoers of the together from the ends of the earth to avenge the death of a friend and Sane Seeds ato Fee See ead a to conquer that strange African Silane Samet la era fastness which bears the title of the book. This describes an entry in a Bee Ni wil Jog-book handed to them by the dead man's native servant: isaac oes ioo eer Sereieng Sra Sake According 10 the writer, this Foot lace. was a fantastic mountain See ce ack by a Whom' he id not give too clear' an Bmonstee etd to Scleription."" Cummings lied' this me "Moon God" and said tailed "Ayabis* whom a reader of the served by an. unholy "priest
fates way warned to look out for.
The international comrades encounter everything described with the utmost cheerfulness—even to the horrors of Ayabi's private sacrifice chamber—they are men of the people and express themselves. as such, and whatever may happen to them as the series goes on there is in this book absolutely no romance whatever. Adventure of the wildest kind leaves no time for anything else—and as they sail home the ship's champagne at forty shillings a. bottle isn't near food enough.
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