Exiles of Fortune. By Gordon Stables, M.D. (J. F. Shaw.)—
The " Far North Land," of which Dr. Stables here gives us a tale is Alaska, a novelty, as far as we remember, in fiction, and not
often described by travellers. The incident that drives the hero into exile in this remote region does not seem very probable ; but it is needless to criticise it. Many great stories, epical and other, arise out of inadequate beginnings. It is enough that we get a lively and entertaining description of the country and its inhabi- tants. There is not much incident in the story ; but it is quite readable, and the Alaskans are picturesque figures with whom one is glad to make acquaintance,—anyhow, at a distance. Why, may we ask, does Dr. Stables talk of plunging in mediis rebus? Has he discovered that in, in the sense of "into," governs an ablative, and determined to set the world right, after it has been obstinately using it with an accusative ?
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