THE SANCTUARY CLUB.

Otago Witness, Volume 26, Issue 2419, 26 July 1900, Page 54

THE SANCTUARY CLUB.

By Is. T. v Heads and- Robeb,x Eustace. London: Ward, Lock and Co. Dunedin:; 1 Messrs Whitcombe and .Tombs.

This is sure to.be a, very * popular .'book: with the travelling v public, since the stories embodied in the records '-of "that unique institution are interesting,, of ' peasant length, and ingenious, construction. j Griginally .appearing -in- one .of our most popular magazines, these, stories -proved very \ attractive,' and in their collective form, presented with all the advantages, of technical ■'excellence in print, binding, and-illustra-1 tibn-, for which the , .pxiblishers -are -noted, ' they will figure largely as " good. travelling reading." The two medical, men. who initiate the -scheme of the Sanctuary Club, which .tindev this pleasant name really combines , all the most scientific advantagesr of. -a firstrdasa j hospital, -are,- close if riends and ', confidants. Dr Cato- is really the .proprietor <- of this wonderful Maison'de San te,* where. the=mosfc daring and comprehensive-- expei'iments "are daily tried; 'Dr -Chetwynd , is his trusted and •invaluable ally. "Later on, 'a- certain Dr Kort is admitted into 'the affair. The duo becomes a trio, and a certain long-drawn-out series, of, Hyysterious. occurrences, becda

-^ "loud the successful record of the Sanctu- ! ■ **>">,'• s 's proceedings. Within the outer j arv , > " "ione of personal peculiarities, and Batuial--., - complications -inseparable . mysi-anesfc and -^ ~ necia i cases an lm _- from a number oi> „c pf tr ie si _ pleasant inner atmflsplysw ■ :, -~ . 6 seems +-„ " bilities and strange coincide-^ s ff^ to j - date from, the establishment Ot Dr Kort in t . the Sanctuary Club. " '^ Of the six .stories which make up tlie f volume it is hard to make any selection — all are good, and may be read with inte- j rest. " I