Ad/ventures In The Arctic Regions. By H. W. G. Hyrst.
(Seeley and Co. 5s.)—Mr. Hyrst tells us that in this volume he chiefly deals with the less famous names of Arctic travel and explora- tion, "the men who, like the obscure......
The Coming Of Navarre. By 0. V. Caine. (i. Nisbet
and Co. 5s.)—" An English Boy's Adventures in the Days of Guise and Henry of Navarre" is the sub-title. It begins while the Armada is on the sea, and the fate of England is......
For Queen And Emperor. By Ernest Protheroe. (r.t.s. 3s. 6d.)
—This "Story of Valour and Adventure" is concerned with the fortunes of a young Briton who has become a Roman without ceasing to be a patriot. Agricola and Suetonius Paullinus......
Mike. By P. G. Wodehouse. (a. And C. Black. 8s.
6d.)—This "Public School Story" is of excellent quality. Mike Jackson is one of a distinguished family of cricketers, and likely to become the flower of the flock. He goes to......
Adventures In _america. By Aseott R. Hope. (a. And C.
Black. 6s.)—Mr. Hope has chosen from a great maze of the literature of travel and history a number of striking adventures, limiting himself on the present occasion to the......
Heroes Of Modern India. By Edward Gilliat. (seeley And Co.
5s.)—This is a very opportune volume, in view of what is going on both in this country and in India. No one would wish to speak unkindly of the genuine aspirations of Indian......
The Book Of The Lifeboat. By A. L. Hayden. (the
Pilgrim Press. 3s. 6d.)—We shall put in the beginning of our notice some striking figures which will indicate how large and how worthy of attention is the subject with which Mr.......
Leo Of Mediolanum. By Gertrude Hollis. (s.p.c.k. 2s....
Hollis gives us in this volume a series of well-executed scenes in the life of St. Ambrose. We see him called by the popular voice to the Bishop's chair, receiving the news of......
For King Or Parliantent ? By Samuel Horton. (r. Culley.
38. 6d.)—There is nothing particularly novel about this book. Every year brings us fresh stories about the Civil War, and the complication which makes the Puritan young man fall......
The Marquis's Heir. By A. H. Biggs. (s.p.c.k. 2s. 6d.)—tho
date of the story is the beginning of the French Revolution, and we are introduced to Prank Firth, the hero, while he is still at school. An extraordinary proposal is made to......
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