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The Boy in the Bash, by E. Howe (Bell and

Daldy), will be something of a novelty to the young readers for whom it is intended. The "Bush" is not the imaginary "Bash" evolved out of the consciousness of stay- at-home story writers, but the real article as it is to be seen and lived ia in Australia. Add to the advantage of a manifestly good acquaintance- with the country the fact that Mr. Howe knows how to write a descrip- tion and to tell a story, and it will be easy to see that the book is worth reading. The opening adventure, in which the famous bushranger " Warrigal" is captured by the pluck of the "Boy" and his brother is- capital, so are the descriptions of "An Australian Drought," and "An Australian Flood."