The Reivers. By William A. Bryce and H. de Vero
Stacpoole. (S.P.C.K. la 6d.)—We are a little surprised to find a clan of cattle-lifters in Scotland apparently in quite modern times— the talk of the characters is modern and we hear of "prehistoric man "—but this does not really matter ; an exciting story is made out of it, and poetical justice, which, banished from other fiction, lingers in the gift-book, has its way.—But if we want to have areal surprise, here is The Wolf-Men, by Frank Powell (Cassell and Co., 2s. 6d.), "a tale of amazing adventure in the Under-world," and justifying this description. An octopus is one of the "amazing" things,—so big that when it was killed it took three hours to clear away its remnants from the deck which it had boarded ; and this is nothing to what follows.—Earl On-ic's Minstrel, by A. Mary R. Dobson (R.T.S., 3s. 6d.), is a tale of Saxon times, told with some distinction of style. The "minstrel" is a somewhat mysterious person, but doubtless he will not be less interesting for that.
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