Or, Cast Away on Kerguelen Land, By JOHN C. HUTCHESON. Illustrated by 6
full-page Pictures in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3_s._
6_d._
This is a book after a boy's own heart. The story narrates the
eventful voyage of a vessel on her way from the port of London to New
Zealand, and the haps and mishaps that befell her, culminating in the
wreck of the ill-fated _Nancy Bell_ on Kerguelen Land. There is no
lack of incident. From the opening chapter, with the cowardly
steward's alarm of "a ghost in the cabin" to the end of the story,
which details the rescue of the shipwrecked passengers, one
engrossing narrative holds the attention of the reader, until he
reaches the final page.
"A full circumstantial narrative such as boys delight in. The ship so
sadly destined to wreck on Kerguelen Land is manned by a very
life-like party, passengers and crew. The life in the Antarctic
Iceland is well treated."--_Athenaeum._