Tales of Daring and Danger. By G. A. Henty. (Blackie
and Son.)—Here we have five short stories, all of them of excellent -quality. The first, the adventures of a young subaltern who goes -out bear-hunting, and has the good luck to play a leading part in the capture of a dacoit stronghold, is as good as any. "The Paternosters" is a spirited story of a rescue from a shipwreck ; " The Pipe of Mystery" is an Indian tale, with just a suspicion -of the supernatural,—not out of place when the scene is taken into account. In "White-Faced Dick," Mr. Renty tries a fall, so to speak, with Bret Harte himself, on the ground of a gold- -diggers' camp. Finally, we have "A Brush with the Chinese," wherein two young middies are carried up-country in a cage, after the pleasant fashion of the Celestials, and manage to escape by the help of a friendly native. The hundred and fifty pages are not wanting, it will be seen, in entertainment.
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