13 AUGUST 1898, Page 25

The Adventures of a Siberian Cub. Translated from the Russian

by Leon Golschmann. (Jarrold and Sons.)—This is a very lively story of bear-life in Siberia. Mishook ' and his sister are twin bear cubs. Their father has been killed while devouring a field of oats ; before they are full-grown they lose their mother. Then they themselves fall into captivity. The life of a bear in the woods must be, in a degree, a matter of conjectures ; how he behaves himself as s. companion of man there are means of knowing. Both parts of the book are well done, and the illus- trations are decidedly good.