16 NOVEMBER 1895, Page 38

A Mystery of the Cordillera. By A. M. Bourne. (Bellairs

and Co.)—The Andes have always seemed to us to appeal more to the imagination than any other mountain range, and consequently this story of an expedition in quest of adventure into the Cordillera, has an interest of its own. An Englishman and his father's huntsman, and a gentleman cattle-drover, constitute the party, and they find a mystery which is revealed by a written confession, two hundred years old, in the last chapter. The narrative is well written, a little prosy at times, but on the whole interesting, and makes a fairly readable story of South American adventure.