29 JANUARY 1898, Page 13

In Strange Quarters. By Edwin Hodder. (Hodder and Stoughton.) —

Two young Englishmen get kidnapped in Constantinople while sightseeing, and after an attempt at escape, fall into the same hands again, to be carried away till ransomed. The story is slight, but the interest is fairly well sustained, and there is a fine description of a great fire in Pers. Too much is made of Sir Bayley's flippancy, which obtrudes everywhere. The two young Torringtons, though not bad fellows, run a risk of being called prigs ; certainly their behaviour to their uncle is peculiar. In Strange Quarters is a readable story, and likely to interest boys.