16 AUGUST 1890, Page 25

Sir John Franklin, the True Secret of the Discovery of

his Fate: a "Revelation." By Henry Skewes. (Bemrose and Sons.)—This book contains the account of a matter on which we do not pretend to form any judgment—briefly it is this, that the fate of Sir John Franklin was revealed by a child—and a supplement in answer to Sir Leopold McClintock, on which we shall be equally reserved. There have always been persons who, disclaiming the power to see the future, have claimed a certain vision into that which has actually taken place. The distinction is obviously reasonable. Whether it applies to this case, the reader must determine for himself.