28 JUNE 1890, Page 44

The Dead Sailor, and other Stories. By Sir J. C.

Robinson. (Began Paul, Trench and Co.)—These are stories of the supernatural kind. In The Dead Sailor, a corpse plays a part not unlike that of a vam- pire, and can only be finally disposed of by being sunk in the deep sea. " Don Ignacio Gisor" is a weird story of two murdering ghosts. This is the most powerful of the four stories included in the volume. But we must own that these things do not affect us unless they profess to be true.