20 DECEMBER 1913, Page 27

Rob Roy. Written and Illustrated by Captain Theodore Tharp. (Hodder

and Stoughton. 6s. net.)—It is a little difficult to say for what class of readers Captain Tharp intends his short story. There is a love interest of two young people, but the greater part of the book is a vivid account of a single day's stag-hunting. A red deer has been imported into an English park, and, being found to be too savage, is condemned to be hunted. The account of the hunt is successfully done, so much so that the personal relation of the characters seems rather tedious padding. But it is necessarily something of a tour de force. So also are the illustrations, which are silhouettes originally cut out with scissors with astonishing skill.