▁lug ger , ▁thr ills ▁at ▁the ▁sight ▁of ▁bar o que ▁and ▁p ear ls , ▁s ells ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁deal er ▁and ▁watch es ▁as ▁the ▁rough ▁p ear l ▁is ▁transformed ▁by ▁del icate ▁and ▁sk il ful ▁hands ▁into ▁a ▁thing ▁of ▁ex quis ite ▁lov el iness " ▁ ▁In ▁The ▁Sydney ▁Mor ning ▁Her ald ▁the ▁rev iewer ▁found ▁a ▁novel ▁trying ▁to ▁cover ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁ground : ▁" But ▁if ▁his ▁book ▁seems ▁to ▁me ander ▁a ▁little , ▁and ▁sometimes ▁lose ▁its ▁way , ▁there ▁can ▁be ▁scarcely ▁a ▁doubt ▁about ▁the ▁she er ▁power , ▁and ▁often ▁beauty , ▁of ▁certain ▁chap ters ▁and ▁pass ages . ▁Qual ities ▁of ▁Mr . ▁Id ri ess ' s , ▁such ▁as ▁his ▁extraordinary ▁thorough ness ▁in ▁inqu iry , ▁his ▁determ ination ▁to ▁master ▁every ▁branch ▁of ▁a ▁subject , ▁his ▁almost ▁micro scop ic ▁accuracy ▁of ▁observation , ▁and ▁his ▁almost ▁po etic ▁gift ▁of ▁natural ▁description - not ▁to ▁speak ▁of ▁narr ative ▁power ▁often ▁seen ▁in ▁harm on ious ▁combination ▁with ▁this ▁cannot ▁be ▁too ▁often ▁ins isted ▁upon ▁as ▁positive ▁and ▁peculiar ▁mer its ." ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 3 7 ▁Australian ▁nov els ▁Category : Nov els ▁by ▁I on ▁Id ri ess <0x0A> </s> ▁B izar ren ess ▁effect ▁is ▁the ▁t endency ▁of ▁b izar re ▁material ▁to ▁be ▁better ▁remembered ▁than ▁common ▁material . ▁The ▁scientific ▁evidence ▁for ▁its ▁existence ▁is ▁cont