Captain Kettle, K.C.B. By C. J. Cutoliffe Hyne. (C. A.
Pearson. 6s.)—It cannot be denied that Captain Kettle is beginning to weary some of his readers. There is no particular sequence in his adventures, and if we are to have another series of Mr. Cutcliffe Hyne's exciting short stories, it would be no bad thing if we were given a different central figure. Even now, when the mercurial captain has been made a K.C.B., we have no real assurance that he will not again some day be let loose on a tired world. As to the political events which lead to the honour of knighthood being bestowed on Captain Kettle, their mere proposition is almost enough to cause a European war. But Mr. Hyne makes them occur quite peacefully. The adventures are, as usual, good of their kind; it is the kind which has become rather too familiar.
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