The Wind and the Caribou. By Erik Mun- sterhjelm. (Allen
& Unwin. 12s. 6d.) A YOUNG man was so anxious to paddle his own canoe he made one for himself and became a greenhorn trapper. His strength of purpose carried him from California, where he was working with a shovel for a foul-mouthed boss, to the unpopulated country beyond Lake Athabaska. He seems to have taken the jump in his stride ; and as his own boss he was quite a success as a slave driver (there was often no time for lunch in the season) and he piled up skins of foxes, mink and white wolves. His un- pretentious book about his experiences is full of clean air invigorated with all the ingredients of faithful huskies and unfriendly bears and sleighs on thin ice. Cheerful adventures to satisy boyish dreams, and just enough stress on torture by blackflies and the misery of cabin fever to keep the reader respectfully attentive. o. B.
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