17 DECEMBER 1910, Page 25

The Dover Boys. By Gertrude Hollis. (Blackie and Son. 2s.

6d.)—The brothers Barney, who are of " Seinte Marie College of Winchester," as well as of Dover, are ill content with the prospect of life which they see before them at home, and, their father consenting—he is a tenant of Abbey lands and dissolution is in the air—sail with their uncle, and, to put the matter briefly, fall into the hands of Barbarossa, one of the most famous pirates of history. This puts them in the way of adventures enough to satisfy any reader. Miss Hollis makes good use of her subjecta she provides a "way out" for her heroes—they have partly made it for themselves—and all ends as it should. This is a; fine

story, written with a knowledge of the time and its customs. '