14 DECEMBER 1895, Page 23

Leaves from a Middy's Log. By A. Lee Knight. (T.

Nelson and Sons.)—A decidedly fresh and stirring story is the relation of Jack Darcy's adventures in Cuba after being kidnapped by pirates. There is plenty of incident and plenty of spirit in the story, the dialogue is amusing and natural, and the descriptions are vigorous and vivid. We do not think that boys will do aught but envy Jack Darcy when they read his adventures, only let them remem- ber that they cannot all go to Cuba, and that the number of pirates lessens every year. It is a capital boy's book.