30 JANUARY 1897, Page 10

By Ocean, Prairie, and Peak. By Alex. A. Boddy. (S.P.C.K.)—

Mr. Boddy, who has a benefice in the North of England, went out as chaplain to an emigrant-ship bound for Canada, and has of course some interesting things to relate. Here is one about vaccination. All steerage passengers are vaccinated (unless it is evident that the operation has been performed before). Any one who refuses is simply sent back. That is admirably vigorous. But saloon passengers are exempt. Why ? Because in the States there is no such regulation, and the traffic was diverted thither so long as the regulation was maintained. Canada reached, Mr. Boddy spent some time in the province of Quebec, and then went West, finding, wherever he goes, something to tell his readers.