The Adventures of Count O'Connor. By Henry Stace. (Alston Rivers.
6s.)—This book deals with the adventures of an Irish gentleman in the seventeenth century at the Court of the Great Mogul. Though it cannot be called in any way an imitation of Morier's famous work, "The Adventures of Haji Baba," yet it would probably not have been written had it not been for the existence of its forerunner. Unfortunately, the subject of the book is more interesting than the execution. Definite details as to the Court of Aurungzebe at Agra would be extremely interesting, and a detailed picture of the rule of the Moguls in India would make excellent reading. These adventures might have happened in any Eastern Court, and they have no more special local colour than if they had been taken froze
the pages of the "Arabian Nights." Count O'Connor tells his story in the first person, manifesting an ingenuous vanity which once again reminds the reader of Haji Baba the Persian.
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