The Long Labrador Trail. By Dillon Wallace. (Hodder and Stoughton.
75. 6d.)—Mr. Wallace started on the trail on June 26th, when his canoe voyaged up the North-West River, and he got back to Eskimo Point on April 20th, haVing traversed in the interval between two and three thousand miles. He settled various questions relating to the interior of Labrador, and made sundry observations on its geology. Tried by the test of strict utility, the expedition can hardly be said to have had a definite object. Still, knowledge is knowledge, and the circum- stances in which this particular WotIr was undertaken, to carry out a scheme conceived by a companion who bad succumbed to the hardships of an earlier expedition, make the details specially interesting. The details of the travelling supply an attractive narrative; if any one cares to imitate Mr. WallaefAs example, all necessary particulars as to equipment, provisions, &c., are furnished. The fishing-rod is the Most useful implement, pro- viding a supply of food which seldom failed. There are many illustrations, often picturesque, blot we should have been glad to have had a clearer map.
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