29 APRIL 1893, Page 13

The New Ohio. By Edward Everett Hale. (Cassell.)—This is a

tale of a by-gone time, a time when the Red Indian was a dreaded power in regions where now he is scarcely so much as seen. The

New Ohio" is a pioneer settlement, where the advance-guard of civilisation has no little to dare and to endure. With this narrative a sufficiently interesting love-story is mixed up. It would not be just to notice this book without some mention of the admirable sketch of the sailor, Silas Ransome.