The Prairie Chief : a Tale. By R. M. Ballantyne.
With Illustra- tions. (James Nisbet and Co.)—The title-page enumerates twenty- seven books, followed by "&o., &o.," of which Mr. Ballantyne is the author ; it may therefore be some satisfaction to his readers that we are able to say this book is very good evidence of his being by no means exhausted. Far from it ; for life, spirit, adventure, probable and improbable, and all that is looked for in a tale of North•American Indians, it might very well be a first creation. In his preface, the author himself refers to " the extraordinary incidents of this tale," and reminds his readers of the existence of " exceptional characters." It is well supplied with illustrations, to the number of twelve, in some of which striking incidents are no less strikingly portrayed.
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