Zero the Slaver. By Lawrence Fletcher. (Cassell and Co.)— This
tale is a continuation of "Into the Unknown," of which fact the author carefully reminds us. Mr. Fletcher writes vigorously, and puts plenty of incident into his pages, but is hardly careful enough to give a proper semblance of reality to many events that are not very imaginative—the rude process of invention is too plain. Nor is his description of scenery—the immediate circum- stantial scenery—by any means as clear as it might be. This is a pity, for he has some good situations. Once he stops in a fight to tell us how So-and-So became insensible, and had a severe illness of brain-fever for some time after, thereby slightly inter- rupting the thread of the narrative. In spite of much crudity and repetition of phrases, Zero the Slaver is fair reading, and, being laid in Africa, is sure to interest some readers.
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