10 DECEMBER 1887, Page 8

The Adventures of Herbert Massey. By Commander C. Lovett Cameron.

(Routledge and Sons.)—Gerald Massey (a name which, by-the-way, suggests quite different associations), captain of the Good Intent,' of New Bedford, is an English nobleman exiled by the evil designs of a brother, who, indeed, is wicked enough to have been one of the baronets of fiction. He has a son, Herbert Massey, the hero. And the two together, or separately, have some very stirring adventures with slaves, savage Kings, and the like. The scene is laid in Eastern Africa, and given, as the author's experienee enables him to give it, with plenty of local colour. In the latter part of the book especially, this experience is utilised to good effect. Both Arabs and native Kings have quite the look of being drawn from the life.