19 OCTOBER 1895, Page 26

In the Days of King George. By Lieutenant-Colonel J. Percy

Groves. (Cassell and Co.)—This story, with its sober but not uninteresting succession of incidents, has all the appearance of truth. Donald Geddes does not carry a Field-Marshal's baton in his knapsack—in fact, he does not carry a knapsack—but he takes leave of us as a Major in the King's service, minus a limb, but otherwise prosperous and contented. The earlier part of the story is concerned with the Irish troubles of the end of the eighteenth century. The adventures of the hero on land and sea, especially in company with Captain Doolan—a fine fellow, whose end we regret—are particularly well told.