19 DECEMBER 1903, Page 22

The Longshoremen. By George Bartram. (Edward Arnold. 6s.)—This is a

story of adventure. The "longshoremen" are, of course, smugglers, the date of the story being about a hundred years ago. Endless are the crimes which these gentlemen commit, and life at a lonely seaside village was obviously not dull in those days. The author is on the side of the authorities, which is unusual in novels of this sort, the smuggler being generally a picturesque scoundrel with whom the reader is expected to sympathise. The book is good reading, and often really exciting.