The Hermit - Hunter of the Wilds. By Gordon Stables. (Blackie.)— Mr.
Stables takes, in his new book, an unconscionable time to warm
to his work ; otherwise, it is, to say the least of it, quite up to his usual mark. It is difficult indeed to see where Tommy Talisker could have secured the inspiration needed to set him off on a
voyage of adventure to South America, if his scientific uncle had not been in existence ; but for this, that personage had been better out of the story. When, however, Tommy is fairly started on his hunt for the lost son of Uncle Robert's friend, Captain Herbert, no fault can be found with the " action " of Mr. Stables's story, which is delightfully exciting and improbable. It is needless to say that Tom, with the help of a Whittingtonian good genius in the shape of a black cat, overcomes all difficulties pla:!ed in his way both by Nature and by man, and not only finds the lost lad promoted to be an Indian Prince, but any amount of buccaneers' treasure as well. There is not so much humour in The Hermit-Hunter of the Wilds as we have seen in some other of the stories by the same author, though Black Tom and Ginger Brandy do their best to supply this indispensable commodity. But any deficiency of this kind is made up by adventure.
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