The Capture of a Cruiser. By C. J. Hyne. (Blackie.) — This
book contains a number of delightfully improbable adventures of boys, and is full of salt-water and the whizz of bullets. Two lads, answering to the names of Bathurst and Musgrave, are blown to sea, and, when in the very depth of despair, are picked up by the 'Lynx,' which has been chartered by the
Peruvians, then engaged in their war with Chili, to bring to them what its commander, Captain Macadam—a salt of the Marryat type—styles "the latest Eurapean slaughtering tackle." Musgrave and Bathurst have no difficulty in fraternising with Macadam, and positively enjoy the risks they run, although these are considerable, and include numerous combats with torpedo- boats. There is not a dull page in the book, and the leading characters, including not only the two lads, but the two skippers, Macadam and Amos Power, are admirably drawn. Mr. Hyne has now secured a position in the first rank of writers of fiction for boys.
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