16 JULY 1898, Page 23

Adven.btre qf the ,Rroad Arrow. By Morley Roberts. (Hutchin- son

and Co.)—This is certainly a striking story. The scene is laid is Australia, and that country, when it is suffering from its greatest plague, or drought, is powerfully described. A more vivid picture of thirst than that of the sufferings of the two gold-seekers we have never seen. It would not be fair to give any sketch of the story, or even a hint of the strange incident on which it tarns. This we may say, that the reader who can guess what is meant by the " Broad Arrow " must be ingenious, and that he who is not satisfied with the fare of surprises, perils, escapes, and, we may add, happy denouement—a rare pleasure now—must be very hard to please.