Sail-ho or, a Boy at Sea. By G. Manville Rein.
(S.P.C.K.)— Mr. Fenn always tells a story well. He knows his subject, be it of the land or of the sea, be the scene in it mine, or a factory, or a tropical river; and the course of incident is always rapid and. continuous. Sail-ho! is no exception. The writer seems as much at home among nautical things as Mr. Clark Russell himself, only lie does not compete with Mr. Russell's marvellous " sea- scapes." The only criticism that we wish to pass upon the tale before us is that the subject-matter is beaten out, so to speak, a little fine. It is the story of a mutiny, begins on page 83 (the earlier part introducing us to the characters who are to figure in it), and is carried on for nearly five hundred pages. It insist be a very keen reader whose attention does not flag a little before he roaches the end. There are some particularly good passages, as, for example, the lighting of the cargo of spirits ; and the characters are sufficiently.well marked.
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