12 NOVEMBER 1904, Page 23

The Romance of Modern Exploration. By Archibald Williams. (Seeley and

Co. 5s.)—There is book-making and book-making, and Mr. Williams has done a justifiable, and indeed commendable, piece of the best sort. With the permission of authors and publishers he has frankly selected telling incidents from various modern works of travel, and he has compiled a volume suitable for a prize or gift for boys who like tales of adventure. The illustrations are excellent, and the text is good of its kind.

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.