28 NOVEMBER 1885, Page 20

The Briny Deep. By "Captaia Tom." (Griffith, Farran, and Co.)

—The owner and captain of a merchantman, in the days when mer- chantmen were passenger-ships, tells the story of how he sailed from London to Rio de Janeiro, and how his passengers behaved themselves. It is meant to be humorous ; but we must own ourselves unable to see the fun.. Of course, a missionary is fair fan ; but is it not a little too absurd to represent a man deliberately planning bigamy in the very place to which his wife and children were about to come out ? We cannot help saying that this is an ill-advised publication.