The Adventures of a Midshipmite. By Arthur Lee Knight, late
R.N. (Hatchards.)—Mr. Knight's last work is a good specimen of that kind of literature in the production of which he par- ticularly excels. A life on the sea, with a certain amount of fighting and some narrow escapes, are the materials which are worked by him into a tale. Perhaps they will seem somewhat slender. But the bright, picturesque way in which the story is told will go far towards compensating for this defect. Further, Mr. Knight is thoroughly master of his subject. His sea-life is real and natural, and not merely a creation of his imagination. The hero's adventures are, indeed, slightly numerous ; but still, Mr. Knight is too good an artist to accord to him the miraculous success which is sometimes to be met with in books of this kind, and which is apt to engender even in youthful minds a feeling of distrust.
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