4 NOVEMBER 1911, Page 10

The Kidnapped Regiment. By Robert Leighton. (Pilgrim Press. 3s. 6d.)—This

" Story of 1745," though it can scarcely be reckoned among Mr. Leighton's most successful efforts, is a sufficiently brisk tale. It might even have been more effective without the incident, not a very probable one, by the way, which gives it a title. Material enough for a very thrilling narrative might have been found in the opening chapters. The brig-of-war 'Hazard,' laden with treasure, is left by the ravages of the plague in the command of Lieutenant Graham. What will he do with it? Gold has a terrible power in turning men's heads and is the moving force of tragedies without end. This part is worked oat with no little power, but, as we have hinted, the whole fails to convince.