A Dash from Diamond City. By G. Manville Fenn. (Ernest
Nister. 513.)—Mr. Manville Fenn always moves our admiration by his genius for detail. One would think from his description of the scene that he had spent a considerable portion of his life in searching the Kaffirs employed in a diamond mine, or, at the least, in seeing them searched. The "Diamond City" is, of course, Kimberley, and the time of the story is the siege, before, and during, and after. The villain of the story is a diamond-stealing clerk, and a very clever villain he is. Then there is the carrying of a despatch by two Volunteers, and that is a very spirited per- formance. Then there are campaigning scenes. Altogether, Mr. Fenn has given us a most readable story, with the satisfaction, before we reach the end, of seeing the villain outwitted.
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