The Lost Empire. By Captain Charles Gilson. (H. Frowde and
Hodder and Stoughton. 63.)—The "Empire" is the dominion which Napoleon sought to establish in the East, where his dreams took in India as well as Egypt. Tom Nunn is a young naval officer who has something to do with the events by which it came to pass that this Empire was lost, not won. This is the main plot of the book, and in view of this we are inclined to think that the adventures in France, where the hero is mixed up with the country's domestic quarrels, are somewhat too much pro- longed. In themselves they are good enough, but they are a little out of proportion. The tale is more than three parts told when we get to the battle of the Nile, which the hero, who is a prisoner of war, sees from L'Orient.' Then we are taken to India, and are present at the siege of Seringapatam. We would gladly have had more of this part of the book.
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