30 NOVEMBER 1889, Page 23

Highways and High Seas. By F. Frankfort Moore. (Blackie and

Son.)—This is one of the best stories Mr. Moore has written, perhaps the very beat. The exciting adventures among highway- men and privateers are sure to attract boys. The tale is, moreover, exceedingly well written, and this quality will make it acceptable to every one. The idea that it is written in the early part of the century is very well carried out both as to style and general arrangement, and it will certainly succeed in impressing the reader as an actual narrative. We seem somehow to have come across the incident of the Hargroves' hiding-place before. Nevertheless, the story is a capital one, and the only thing we can complain of is the making such utterly odious cowards of the highwaymen.