7 APRIL 1894, Page 26

War Times ; or, The Lads of Craigross. By Sarah

Tytler. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—This is a clever little sketch, with every appear- ance of truthfulness about it, representing life in a little Scotch town during the Crimean War. The characters, the incidents,, the little details, are all as natural as possible. Probably the picture is really composite ; so many interesting figures, so many notable incidents, could hardly have been collected into so small a compass of time and space ; but the arrangement has been very skilfully done. The second part of the volume, "In the Cannon's Mouth," is an experience belonging to the first Afghan War.