On the Wallaby. By Guy Boothby. (Longmans and Co.)— This
is a readable and amusing traveller's tale, and introduces us to some of the typical characters of the Australian continent. We are taken on a voyage from Adelaide to Colombo, Singapore, Batavia, and North Australia, which is reached with some difficulty owing to the lack of funds. From thence the two heroes cross Australia, riding a good part of the way and driving and rowing the rest, the rowing being on the Murray, of course. It took them a year and a month from Normanton to Adelaide. The cross-country travels are full of adventures and hardships, and plenty of striking characters figure in the narrative. Australians will appreciate the types of the Bush, and to them in particular is recommended this account of how two young men went " on the Wallaby."
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