2 JUNE 1888, Page 25

The Dusantes. By Frank R. Stockton. (Sampson Low and Co.)

—This "Sequel to the Casting-away of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine," appeared, as did that amusing story, in the Century Magazine. The " Dusantes," it will be remembered, were the owners of the curious island on which the two Yankee ladies were cast away. The sequel is scarcely as good as that which it follows —sequels seldom are—but it makes good reading. Mr. Enderton's egotism is the most entertaining thing in the story ; but it is a drawback that he is the father of the amiable Ruth, and there is a certain feeling of uneasiness when he makes himself odious.