From the Frontier. By Frederick Boyle. (Chapman & Hall.)— We
are told, and we are sorry to be told, by Mr. Boyle, that this volume is his "last series of ' Camp Notes.' " It would be difficult to find so vigorous and picturesque a writer, one who has seen as much, and has as lively a power of describing what he sees. If any one wants to see the portrait of a savage, mercilessly minute, let him look at what Mr. Boyle writes about the Pathan. "Eyes keen and pitiless as a vulture's, with a sardonic malice wholly human "—this is one of the features of this amiable race. It is from Afghanistan and Malayia that Mr. Boyle gets, for the present occasion at least, his richest material. We are thankful to the critics who advised the mixture among these barbaric legends of an "occasional tale of civilised adventure." " A. Clan- destine Correspondence" is a good specimen of its kind, and " Scandalous " still better. We have read this latter two or three times with increasing pleasure. A reviewer could hardly pay a higher compliment.
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