4 DECEMBER 1909, Page 10

First at the Pole. By Captain Frank H. Shaw. (Cassell

and Co. 5s.)—Two rival explorers, English and American, shaking friendly hands at the Pole, which they have both contrived to reach, is a very pretty idea. Just now the words do not call up pleasing thoughts. Perhaps the title was not very well chosen. Whatever the associations of the words, they ought not to interfere with the enjoyment of Captain Shaw's story of adventure.