The Two Captains. By W. Clark Russell. (Sampson Low, Marston,
and Co.)—This is as spirited a story as Mr. Clark Russell has given to the world for some time. The two captains being in low water, partly because trade is dull, partly because their own reputation is not of the best, turn pirates, buy a brig that has once been in the Navy, and have a very lively time of it for a few weeks. They find funds for the purchase by robbing a relation of one of the two of her plate, getting silver to the value of £1,500,—not far off a quarter of a ton, for plate has only melting value. The story of the burglary, of the various captures, and of the scenes in which the villains came by their deserts, are all vigorous. The characters of the two men are drawn with special skill. Mr. Clark Russell knows how to shade off his blacks, an art which few who write this kind of fiction possess.
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