For Rupert The King. By Herbert Hayens. (s.p.c.k. 3s. 6d.)
—The writer of a story of this kind is always faced with a diffi- culty. Is it to be told as a partisan would tell it, or as a student versed in the scientific historical......
A Middy Of The Slave Squadron. By Harry Collingwood....
and Son. 5s.)—This " West African Story" takes us back some ninety years to the days when the operations of the Slave Squadron on the West African Coast were a matter of......
The Two Of Them Together. By The Rev. A. S.
Cripps. (A. It. Mowbray and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—It is evident that this "tale about Africa of to-day" is the outcome of much personal experi- ence. Mr. Cripps has been a......
Ones Bitten, Twice Shy. By Fred Whishaw. (t. Nelson And
Sons. 2s. 6d.)—Mr. Whishaw knows his Russia, so that the background of his story, though it is but slight, is effective. The date of Garth Ingram's adventures takes us back to......
In The Days Of The Gironde. By Thekla. (r.t.s. 2s.)—the
author warns us that the personages of her story are fictitious. The fiction, however, strikes us as somewhat too bold. This is a story of the French Revolution ; the heroine is......
Stars In The Twilight. By Mary H. Debenham. (national...
2s. 6d.)—This is a story of Roman Christianity in the fourth century. The " Stars " are the members of a Christian community of the conventual kind which was established on the......
The Opium Smug Glers. By Harold Bindloss. (t. Fisher Unvrin.
6s.)—The young hero loses his place with a milling company at Minneapolis, takes up another of the same kind at Winnipeg, and then resolves to change the desk for the field, and......
The Romance Of Canada. Edited By Herbert Strang. (h. Frowde
and Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—This is a book which a reviewer praises sufficiently when he describes it. It contains a selection, made by an expert, of striking passages from......
A New Kngtand Maid. By Eliza F. Pollard. (blackie And
Son. 3s. 6d.)—This is "a Tale of the American Rebellion." Its chief interest turns on the fortunes of Benedict Arnold, who is the brother of the "New England maid." That was no......
Strong - Hand Saxon. By Christopher Beck. (c. Arthur...
is something very rousing about this story of the adventures of Tom Holt in company with the redoubtable scout "Strong-Hand Saxon." We almost hold our breath as wo follow the......
The Fighting Fame Of The King's Ships. By Edward Fraser.
(Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—Needless to say, Mr. Fraser finds plenty of material,—fights that are little known, and others that will bear retelling. The story of Blake's attack on......
Coo - Eel By Robert Leighton. (c. Arthur Pearson. 2s....
Midshipman Kettle, of H.M.S. 'Penguin,' fends a man on a certain island. He calla himself Jacob Lavington, and says that he comes from San Francisco. From the first he is more......
Hawkt000d The Brave. By William Beck. (blackie And Son. 3s.
6d.)—Mr. Beck is quite right in saying that Sir John Hawk- weed has had less than justice done him in popular story. Doubtless it is because there is something remote, and even......
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