The Lost Explorers. By Alexander Macdonald. (Mackie and Son. 6s.)—The
drama of this very spirited story is, it may be said, in two acts. The first act is gold-digging and gold-washing, with a scientific process, on which we must decline to pronounce any opinion, for arresting fugitive gold,—gold, that is, visible when first brought to light and then disappearing. The second act corresponds more nearly to the title. The gold-seekers plunge into the great central desert of the continent. Thus they reach a country which reminds us of the Land at the Back of the North Wind. Mr. Macdonald apologises for this flight of fancy, but the apology is quite unnecessary. As for the intelligent aborigines, that is quite in keeping with all that we have heard. Only a few months ago a book relating similar experiences was reviewed in these columns.
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