3 DECEMBER 1898, Page 27

Klondike Nuggets. By E. S. Ellis. (Cassell and Co.)—Jeff Graham

and his two young companions certainly fared better than the majority of gold-seekers who have made their way to that dreary region to make their fortunes. Jeff, a " forty-niner " from California, though sixty-four years old, persuades two friends, whom as young orphans he had befriended many years ago, to let their two sons go under his guidance in search of gold. The author knows his subject thoroughly well,—what a pleasure it is to read a book written with a full knowledge of the journey and life of the Klondike miner ? There are some interesting ad ventures, and the finding of the gold does not bring the story to a peaceful ending.