19 NOVEMBER 1892, Page 14

In the Gun - Boom. By H. Knight Horsfield. (Eden Remington and

Co.)—Though many of Mr. Horsfield's seventeen stories are sporting sketches, the rest have but a slender connection with the "Gun-Room." But we are getting accustomed to these harmless literary frauds ; after all, only three or four are non-sporting, and " From a Simian Point of View " and " The Madman of Eilean Dhit," are very fair reading. Indeed, Mr. Horsfield's style becomes more literary in them. Several sketches are reprinted from papers.