A Young Stowaway. By Mrs. George Corbett. (James Nisbet and
Co.)—This story, as its name indicates, tells of running away to sea, and subsequent adventures on land as well as on water. William Blake and Ben Harrison leave their homes in a large manufacturing town in Yorkshire, to escape being thrashed by their fathers, and ultimately find themselves on board a ship bound for the Cameroons. William has fights and troubles on board-ship with various persons, but in particular with another lad, Rosy, who hates him. But these are as nothing compared with the adventures of Ben, William, and Rosy—for they stumble in a very remarkable manner on Rosy, who is reformed by mis- fortune—in Africa with gorillas, crocodiles, and native tribes, among the last of whom the Duallas hold a foremost place. There is nothing at all savouring of conventional exaggeration in saying that not a dull page is to be found in the volume. Mrs. Corbett supplies information as well as amusement, more par- ticularly in the account she gives of the religious and other rites of various tribes.
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