13 NOVEMBER 1897, Page 26

The Naval Cadet. By Gordon Stables. (Blackie and Son.)— The

Naval Cadet is Scotch, of course, and we have the usual preface before embarking on voyages which take in Benin, and end up with the Chino-Japanese War, in which the hero, serving as a volunteer, loses his arm. This story is rather above the average of Dr. Gordon Stables's tales ; there is less talking and more doing, and it is really an interesting traveller's tale, with plenty of fun and incident in it. We can recommend it to boys, particularly to those who like to see recent incidents worked into a tale of adventure.