15 NOVEMBER 1902, Page 8

hands of some slave-dealers after being wrecked on the East

Coast of Africa. They obtain their liberty, only to fall into the hands of the tribe who had wiped out the slave-hunters. They again obtain their release after sundry adventures, the most thrilling of which is the escape from the " Sacred Lamp Rock." The story is well told, and one or two scenes are described with consider- able vigour, notably the burning of the negro village by the negro chief and the subsequent slaughter of the slavers. It is full of incident, and the excitement is well sustained. We think, however, that a certain amount of animus is unnecessarily apparent in the delineation of the villain, a Portuguese officer. Mr. Graydon has stepped beyond the line.