“As an attempt to break ground in a comparatively uncultivated field the book is commendable. The writer has got together a good deal of material where it can be found when wanted.”
+ – Ind. 61: 252. Ag. 2, ’06. 150w.
“In its own chosen field this book is exceedingly thorough and instructive.”
+ Outlook. 82: 910. Ap. 21, ’06. 110w.
“Is really a dissection, diagrammatically set forth, of a number of the great novels in English.”
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White, Frederick M. [Slave of silence.] †$1.50. Little.
The Royal Palace hotel, London, is in this complicated story made the center of a series of strange happenings which begin when Sir Charles, who is marrying his daughter to a rich brute to save his own financial honor, is found dead in his bed at the close of the ceremony. Then follows the disappearance of his body, and the series of adventures which his daughter, her old lover, and their friend Perington encounter when they trace the thieves to a house in Audley place which is full of electrical surprises. Diamonds of fabulous value and certain ruby mine concessions in Burmah complicate the plot, but at last Sir Charles reappears alive, his daughter is left a widow at an auspicious moment for her lover, and the slave of silence is released from allegiance to the crippled villain who is her brother, and marries the faithful Perrington.