BLIND MAN'S BUFF. By Francis Lynde. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1928. $2.00

EXCEPT for the title this work is up to the standard set by Francis Lynde's earlier works. Its name seems to be the most unfortunate part of the book. Although it is slightly explanatory, in no way does it catch the interest of the prospective reader as would the book itself.

Using a rather old idea, that of two twins getting mixed up in a highly involved plot, the author has sustained the interest of the reader admirably through the greater part of the volume. This interest is one which is centered entirely on the unraveling of the mysterious situation into which the reader and the hero, Roderick Hazzard, are thrown together. Without the plot, the work would have no content whatever. All the characters are over idealized and show no real development or subtlety throughout the three hundred odd pages of rapidly moving action.