19 OCTOBER 1907, Page 22

The Call of the Deep.. By Frank' '1'. Biffien. (Nisbet

and Co. 6s.)—Mr. Bullen need not be apprehensive of the failure whieh often happens to continuations. We aro all glad to see Frank Brown again and follow him - till he reaches the pinnacle of the- merchant service,—the captainship of a liner. The story is full of real life from beginning to end. Long ago John Newton remarked that he did not know of any books "suitable for mariners." Well, here they are; wholesome to the core; the work of an expert, but with nothing which would "warn off" the most absolute landsman. We could do without the complaints against Government ways; they vex the reader to no purpose. And it is a little strange to say that Patagonia is "infested by loathsome savages." " Infested " It is their own country.