If Mr. ALAN GRAHAM does not unsettle my conviction that it is easier to begin a story of hidden treasure than it is to finish it, I can nevertheless promise you a good day with the sleuth-hounds, should you decide to _Follow the Little Pictures_ (BLACKWOOD). For some not too lucid reason I went to the meet with a fear in my heart that the command in the title referred to the "movies," and my relief was great on discovering that it was taken from a cipher containing the key to the treasure. The scene of this hunt is laid in Scotland, and the most notable figure among its followers is a certain _Laird Tanish_. The pecuniary fortunes of the _Tanish_ clan were at a low ebb, and in his determination to improve them by winning the prize the _Laird_ broke all the rules of the game and gave way to terrific outbursts of rage in the manner of those explosive gentlemen with whom Miss ETHEL DELL has familiarised us. There is both ingenuity and originality in this story, and I should be doing the author and his readers a great disservice if I disclosed the details of the plot. Anyone with a bent for treasure-hunting will be missing a fine opportunity if he refuses to have a day (or a night) with Mr. GRAHAM'S hounds. * * * * * [Illustration: _Mistress._ "NORAH, DO YOU EVER REPEAT ANYTHING YOU HEAR THE MASTER AND MYSELF SAY TO EACH OTHER WHEN WE HAVE A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE OF OPINION?" _Domestic._ "THE SAINTS FORBID, MUM!"] * * * * * A Sympathetic Auditor. "Dr. R. C. Ghostley, of Edmonton, was in the city last week and attended Sir Oliver Lodge's lecture."--_Canadian Paper._ * * * * * "W. W. ----, the Rugby International forward, won his third success in four days at Chesham Oddfellows' and Foresters' sports yesterday, when he took first prize in the 10 yards open event, with 7-1/2 yards start, in 9-2/5 sec."--_Daily Paper._ His strong point, we gather, is not speed but staying-power. * * * * * _A propos_ of the DE KEYSER case:-- "Unfortunately, the Dora regulations against free speech and printing were never taken before the High Court, and our ancestors will wonder at our timidity."--_Daily Herald._ We understand that Sir A. CONAN DOYLE has already received several urgent messages on the subject. * * * * * Transcriber's Note: p. 438: Removed extraneous "'s" from "GASTON'S" ... [M. GASTON LEROUX'S] p. 440: Changed "9 2-5" to "9-2/5" ... [in 9-2/5 sec."--_Daily Paper_.]