14 NOVEMBER 1885, Page 25

The Search for the Talisman : a Tale of Adventure

in Labrador, by Henry Frith, with six full-page illustrations by John Schonberg (Blackie and Son), is a genial and rollicking tale of how four cousins met, proceeded on their adventures, and fared in Arctic regions in pursuit of their object, in which they were eventually successful. It is a regular boys' book—and a very cheery and wholesome one—as the juvenile reader may very soon find out for himself with such headings as "A Terrible Danger—Angus saves the Schooner," "Left on the Ice—Adrift !" "A Terrible Fire—The ` Annie ' given up for

lost," "A Convuleion—the Migration of the Ice," The less sensational parts and the conversations are also very well done, and the tone is good throughout.