15 DECEMBER 1883, Page 21

Sir Walter Raleigh : his Life and Times. By F.

L. Clarke. (IV.

Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—There is, of course, something to be put down on the per contra side, in balancing Raleigh's character. Such a balancing, however, the writer of a little book such as this is hardly called upon to do. It is sufficient for him to give the picture of a brave man and an adventurous life, and this he does with

Ihcient success.