24 DECEMBER 1892, Page 25

The Priceless Orchid. By Percy Ainslie. (Sampson Low and Co.)—Jack

Ralston goes through some curious adventures before lie finds the priceless orchid, to search for which he had left England. His hardships and wanderings in the tropical forests -of Central America, and the memorials of past days that he stumbles upon, can hardly fail to interest boys, especially as the object of his search does not discover itself till it had been given up as hopeless. There is enough of the unexpected in the 'narrative to make it a decidedly interesting story.