29 JANUARY 1898, Page 11

Tom Tufton's Travels. By E. Everett-Green. (Nelson and Sons.)—Tom Tufton,

we are sorry to say, gets mixed up with a celebrated highwayman, by name " Lord Claud." The story is laid in the time of the great war of the eighteenth century, and Tufton, who has been a wild young man, goes to the seat of war, and undertakes with Lord Claud a very dangerous business. Then, as Government do not pay up, they help themselves. There is plenty of excitement, and Mrs. Green knows well how to handle this period of history. Tom's horse, we must remark, is a most unusually sagacious beast, but we must not be too critical of these dumb animals ; they can do wonders when the necessity for them arrives. This is quite a boy's book, and well worth read- ing; moreover, it is extremely well written, though perhaps a little high-flown.