10 NOVEMBER 1894, Page 24

Across Two Seas. By H. A. Forde. (Wells Gardner and

Co.) —The young Vaughans and their mother, deprived of the bread- winner, emigrate to New Zealand, where they live a fairly prosperous and altogether happy life, varied by a few adventures. It is the "Swiss Family Robinson" on a simpler scale, and young people, who read much nowadays about emigration, will listen to what is no uncommon experience, with much interest. There is no attempt to be practical, but none the less, the book may .be trusted to give to children a reasonable idea of what family emigration means.