3 DECEMBER 1898, Page 28

Draw Swords ! By G. Manville Fenn. (W. and R.

Chambers.) —This, the story of an officer in the Horse Artillery during the rule of " John Company " in India, is as good as any of the tales which have earned for Mr. Manville Fenn such a reputation among boys. Dick Darrell, when only seventeen, gets appointed to the Flying Artillery, and sees much active service protecting a Rajah at Soojeepur, in the hill country, from the attacks of a rival. There is plenty of adventure, and the hero's life is no bed of roses ; for in the Rajah's capital there is a party keenly hostile to English civilisation, and resolved to preserve their country from innovations at any cost. We feel certain that boys will heartily welcome the book.