Norman's Nugget. By J. M. Oxley. (Partridge and Co. 2a.)
—Mr. Macdonald Oxley has made Canada his province, though this latest story is neither of the fur-traders nor Arctic explora- tion, but of gold prospecting in the Cariboo country. It is a fresh, vigorously written tale of adventure in the gold rush of the late " fifties," with plenty of incident and plenty of "go," and is sure to take a boy's fancy. The hero leaves the family ranche as teamster in a big expedition starting from California for the Fraser. The dangers of flood and field that they encountered were such as were of everyday occurrence to the prospector of those days, and the writer gives us a very passable picture of the rough characters and the hardships of a frontier life. Young boys who wish to read a lively story telling them somewhat of Western life and the true facts of a prospector's life had better get Norman's Nugget.
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