Personal Reminiscences. By Robert B. Forbes. (Little, Brown, and Co.,
Boston, 17.S.; Sampson Low and Co., London.)—Mr. Forbes, who is of Scotch descent, as he explains to us, at some length, was taken as a child, in 1811, to France, which it was no easy matter to enter by sea in those days ; and he was detained when we were at war with the United States, in 1813. This was his earliest seafaring experience, the first of many which he records in this volume. Any one who wants to see a genuine account of a sailor's life, not in the least made up or sen- sational, cannot do better than look here for it. The latter part, where Mr. Forbes relates his dealings with the Federal Government in 1860-66 is particularly interesting. Mr. Forbes bas also adventures on land to tell of, and altogether has made up a readable book.
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