Afloat on the Dogger Bank. By H. C. Moore. (Wells
Gardner, Darton, and Co. 2s. 6d.)—Charlie Page's father is about to buy some trawlers, and the boy conceives the brilliant idea of going aboard one and finding out at first hand if the profits are as large as they are represented to be. He goes as the cook's substitute, has a rough time with the rascally skipper, and in a few days returns home with a Chinaman who has confided to him a valuable family secret,—an idol stuffed with precious stones. But we leave the larger part of the story for the reader to unravel, and he will follow with interest the voyage of Charlie Page and Ching Wang to the land of tho "Boxers." Whether a young fellow like Charlie Page would have been able to get on board a trawler so easily we may doubt ; but once there his adventures are interesting. The story is distinctly well written, if the dialogue is not always in character, and the incidents are handled with freshness and vigour. Afloat on the Dogger Bank is above the average in some respects ; it is a crisp and entertaining narrative, and will be sure to please boys.
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