To Canada with Emigrants. By J. Ewing Ritchie. (T. Fisher
Unwin.)—Mr. Ritchie went out, as he says, "to ask the emigrants how they were getting on, to judge for himself whether it was worth any Englishman's while to leave home and friends to cross the Atlantic" and settle on the prairie. In this volume he gives "a record of actual experiences." We need hardly say that his book is worth reading. Any one may find it entertaining, though there is a little too much of the would-be funny in it ; and those who meditate emigration may well find it useful. " It is madness," writes Mr. Ritchie, "to cross the Atlantic in the winter. When the emigrant lands at Quebec he will find nothing to do, and must live on his capital, or starve till next spring." Canada, he says again, "is the country for a working-man." But he explains afterwards, " for the poor agricultural labourer or artisan." Clerks will not find anything to do. Domestic servants find a good demand for their services. A girl, fresh from Galway, who seemed to know nothing about work, might have had ten dollars a month (about £25 a year), but stood out for twelve. Mr. Ritchie speaks very highly, we are glad to see, of Dr. Barnardo's work. We commend the book generally to our readers.
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