22 JULY 1893, Page 25

The Mate of the ' Vancouver.' By Morley Roberts. (Lawrence and

Bullen.)—This is a love-story, with a certain admixture of sea-life and of life in California. We cannot say that it interested us very much. The hero seems a feeble kind of creature with a considerable parade of strength. As for Helen, the "bitter -word" which some one used, but the poet did not repeat, is best -suited to her.