28 APRIL 1888, Page 23

Watched by the Dead : a Loring Study of Dickens's

Half-Told Tale. By Richard A. Proctor. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—Mr. Proctor here devotes much study and much ingenious conjecture to restoring the plot of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." It would not be fair were we to attempt to give in a small compass the result of his labours. It must suffice to say that those who have occupied themselves with this curious problem will be interested in the solution here offered for their acceptance.