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Oamaru Mail, Volume XL, Issue 12538, 8 May 1915, Page 5

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"The Mystery- of Enid Belairs," by ! David "White'aw. Messrs. Hoddor and Sto'ughtoh, London. .304''pages.. Price, 3s M. * This book is written, in three parts. .'ln the first, we are introduced to our heroine Nora and our : hero Duncan. The latter, a. young -painter, hefriends the former,-a college girl£ and becomes her "Sir Galahad." ' Here, too, we see a fine picture- of Nora's home, a typical ancestral English- mansion, which falls intoi the hands of a. scheming jew. (Levison), through' Noel (its mastei-. and Nora's' brother) being a., prey to the gambling vice. -A.s the result of this, 'Nora is thrown, almost penniless, upon the world. Part two depicts our heroine in- the making of an actress, her failure in the profession, and "The Mystery of Enid j Belairs," hut we must not spoil the i book by disclosing the secret. By'the ■!• time we reach the end of the third part, j all mysteries have been- swept away, ; evil characters outwitted', and our hero ': land heroine happy. "What more do,we | want? j