A Lost Army. By Fred Wishaw. (T. Nelson and Sons.)—It
is with considerable pleasure that we resume our acquaintaace with Boris, the Bear Hunter. This time he shares with two English brothers, in the service of Peter the Great, the position of hero. One of the brothers is sent by Peter to explore the shores of the Caspian, he is captured by the Khivans, and the ill-fated expe- dition of Prince Bekovich Tcherkassy goes to recover him, accom- panied by Boris and the other brother. Boys will read with interest the terrible fate that overtook that ill-fated army—a by-word in Russian history—and the many hairbreadth escapes of Boris and his companion in that wild, desolate country between the Caspian and Khiva. The campaign and all its incidents are vigorously related, and the story is a capital specimen of historical adventure.
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