We are very glad to see a new edition of
"The Sea-Stories of Michael Scott" (Gibbings and Co.). Tom Cringle's Log (2 vols.). with two illustrations by Frank Brangwyn in each volume, is the first instalment. Michael Scott had, as became his name, a magical power of interesting his readers. If he was not quite equal in description to Mr. Clark Russell, he had some gifts in which he is unapproachable. But it is ungracious to compare the two masters, either to the advantage or the disadvantage of one or the other. Let it be said that the two hold the first place among writers of sea-stories in commission, or that, in academical language, they are bracketed equal.—Another reprint is Lord Lytton's Ernest Maltravers. (Routledge and Sons.)—We must own that Lord Lytton's earlier novels are not much to our taste, and if we may be bold enough to speculate on the future, should say that The Cartons and My Novel will long outlive those that came before and those that followed. We cannot compliment the "Burr Printing House, New York," on their work.--We have received new editions of The Miss Crusoes, by Colonel Colomb (W. H. Allen and CO, and That Bother of a Boy, by Grace Steb- bing (jarrold and Co.).
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