A Story of Active Service in Foreign Leads. By Surgeon - General
A. G. Young. (Blackwood and Sons.)—The years 1857-81, inclusive, seen to have been truly " Active Service," seen in South Africa, India, and China. To India, indeed, there were three separate visits. The writer just missed the Mutiny, but went through the Chinese War and the march to Pekin. He mentions
with much show of anger the deceitful action of the French in forsaking their order of marching and hastening to loot the Summer Palace. Reprehensible no doubt it was, but not to be wondered at. Nevertheless, our author collected so many curios that he tried to engage a Chinaman to carry them for him. India eventually broke him down, and brought a hard-working and active career to an honourable conclusion. The style, though some- what bare at first, gradually becomes smoother and more finished.
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