26 SEPTEMBER 1903, Page 24

.Rainbow Island. By Louis Tracy. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6s.)

—This is an excellent story of the old-fashioned "Desert Island" school. The only trace of contamination from modern methods is the discovery of a gold-mine which turns hero and heroine into the inevitable millionaires in the last chapter. There seems something comforting to authors in giving their characters untold wealth, and Mr. Louis Tracy has been unable to resist the temptation. But the shipwreck, the settling down in the .desert island, and the subsequent encounter with savages are all well told and really exciting.