Canadian Camp Life. By F E. Horring. (T. Fisher Unwin.
6s.)—This is a pleasant account of a summer camping-out party who leave one of the British Columbian coast towns for a holiday by the sea. There ale two love-stories and a tragedy, some little bother with Customs officers, and enough local colour to give many readers a notion of what a farming settlement in the Far West is like. We have nothing very vigorous or exciting, but a nice, fresh, wholesome sketch of a few months of life in a Colony. The characters, however, are well drawn and well defined, especially the Siwaphes who figure as minor characters. The incid-nt of the Chinaman departing just in time to escape "Uncle Sam's" pounce is capital. One can see Te Kan washing the dishes up to the last moment, his eye on the cutter's boat, and then quickly rolling his blanket and skedaddling. Those who want a little quiet amusement and a few interesting details of life in " B.C." might very well look into Canadian Camp Life, and the facts are trustworthy. A Cockle 5 in. in circumfer- ence is not so very large.
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