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In his Wonderful Stories of Daring, Enterprise, and Adventure (Hodder

and Stoughton), Dr. Macaulay repeats an experiment which be has already made several times with distinguished success. He tells a number of true tales. There are between thirty and forty of these stories, and they range over the Old World and the New. Among the more familiar may be mentioned "The First Voyage of Columbus," " The Story of Lord Deadened," and " John Brown of Kansas:" leas known are "The Danish Silver Robbery by Irishmen in Kerry," and " Commodore Dance and Admiral Linoie." Commo- dore Dance, who was in the East India Company's service, and in command of a fleet of sixteen Indiamen, besides other ships, saved his charge from a French squadron. Dr. Macaulay's book may be unreservedly commended.