In the Midst of Alarms. By Robert Barr. (Methuen and
Co.)— Sir Richard Yates, Special Correspondent of the Argus of New York, and Stinson Renmark, Professor in the University of Toronto, take a holiday in Canada. They have the usual ex- periences of holiday-makers whose fate it is to furnish the materials for a story. Two pretty girls, both as good as gold, but differing from each other in every other respect, are among the inhabitants of the place where they locate themselves. This alone would be sufficient for a plot. But Mr. Barr introduces an element of incident. The two friends are involved in the Fenian invasion of Canada, a situation which is described with abundant humour, not without an occasional serious touch. The story is most entertaining from beginning to end. Mr. Robert Barr is rapidly making himself a reputation which will rise high, if he can keep up to the level of In the Midst of Alarms.
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