The Yarl's Yacht. By Jessie M. E. Saxby. (J. Nisbet
and Co.)— This is another of Mrs. Saxby's charming stories of Shetland life. The Yarl's Yacht is a continuation of " The Lads of Lunde," and we meet the Laird and the lads again, as well as some new and equally fresh characters. Their adventures on land in the Tangle,' the " Yarn " yacht, are delightfully interesting and well told. The Tail himself is a sterling old Viking, and in Mrs. Saxby's hands loses none of the old instincts and virtues. He is a figure perfectly in harmony with the wonderfully vivid and . romantic surroundings which the writer describes with such native love for the stirring scenes of the wild Shetlands. Mrs. Saxby knows young people as few know them, and they will in return thoroughly appreciate her. As long as she writes such genuine, refreshing, happy-family stories for them, they certainly will be most fortunate.
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