3 NOVEMBER 1894, Page 11

The Young Pirates. By A. Eubule-Evans. (S.P.C.K.)—This "story of boys"

is a sensible, humorous production, all the more sensible on account of its humour,. Two lads, aided and abetted by a young fellow engaged with the boats of some seaside village, form one of those plans of running away which boys do sometimes indulge in. They make themselves ridiculous from the beginning to the end of the adventure. This is just as it should be, Take a thing of this kind an grand ad rieuv, make it a tragical affair, and you offer a temptation to imitate; but no one would like to be laughed at as Bertie and his friend Woollaston and "Silly Sam' were laughed at, after their proceedings on the island of Brent- holm. Apart from any lesson that it may convoy, the book is decidedly amusing to read.