18 JULY 1925, Page 25

The Painted Honeymoon. By Sidney Hastings Webb. (Sampson Low. 7s.

6d. net.)—Lovers of excitement will find more adventures in The Painted Honeymoon than might be expected from its quiet opening in a solicitor's office. The setting of the story is the rocky coast of Cornwall, near the Lizard. The hairbreadth escapes of the characters come mostly from the fact that they scramble over those inhos- pitable cliffs in order to play hide-and-seek with a box inge- niously contrived to contain materials which might be used for the purpose of a double blackmail.