The Haunted Ship. By Robert Leighton. (Andrew Melrose. 5s.)—Mr. Leighton
has again given us a most excellent story of adventure, which has for its characters and scenery Devonshire men and the Devonshire coast. We have remarked before that he does not need to go far afield to find a good plot and exciting incidents. The mystery of the haunted ship is concealed with considerable skill, even when we begin to penetrate the outer veil. Well told and well written as the story is, it is the Devon- shire setting, not less than the action, which pleases us. Boys can appreciate this, and we can recommend to them as worthy of their attention some charming descriptions of "Badmouth," especially a spring morning. It is a capital story, and Mr. Leighton has done nothing much better that we know of— Another well-known teller of stories, Mr. F. P. Gibbon, gives us a tale full of incident in A Prisoner of the Gwrkhas (Rontledge and Sons, 3s. 6d.) The Gurkhas are such good and useful friends of ours now that it is interesting to see them as they were in old days before they had learnt to love the British flag..
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