the famous bracelet. A mysterious death follows, and the younger
members of the family are almost stunned, not knowing what will
happen next. They would give the bracelet up, but do not know where
it is hidden, the secret having been in the sole possession of the
member now dead. In this quandary the young hero of the tale rises
to the occasion and determines to join the London police force and
become a detective, with the hope of ultimately clearing up the
mystery. Thrilling adventures of a most unusual kind follow, and
at last something of the mystery is explained. The bracelet and.
other jewelry are unearthed, and it is decided to take the bracelet
to Amsterdam and offer it to the diamond cutters at that place.
But the carrying of the bracelet is both difficult and dangerous.
How the mission is brought to a conclusion, and what part the
Lascars played in the final adventure, will be found in the pages
that follow.

It can truthfully be said that Mr. Henty is easily the most
popular of all English story tellers, his books for boys enjoying
a circulation of from a hundred and fifty thousand to two hundred
and fifty thousand per year. His tales are all clean, and although
some are full of exciting situations and thrilling to the last
degree, they are of a high moral tone, while the English employed
is of the best.

The present story is of peculiar value as giving a good insight
into country and town life in England over a hundred years ago, when
railways and telegraph lines were unknown and when the "knights of
the road" were apt to hold up any stagecoach that happened to come
along. It also gives a truthful picture of the dark and underhanded
work accomplished at times by those of East Indian blood, especially