New-York tribune., 1889-12-22

...,oo ,s sc.rccly noticed. Mr.. Rnssci' '"u0
aosor,os some credit for resisting the temp." ~ a..
Ioad the calcon's hold with treasure ''o'' - ,,o,s
It,s character studies In this tale arc ciea .,,r,I
consistent than usual His sailors arc colo,
hut he seems 10 have had tendency " 's,or !,
his officers The master OF Tue nl's.' socord mate
tvnical Yacht captain, and the sury scoo'u ",s.,S
,,,,, conceived and developed or VIM"
., rad gunner of the yacht, may possibly DC 'U'.e
90 s combining in his person rather ,oo mn, ,., -
q, mental disease and The fathess WIG = ~ - :,
than a Law figure. Laura, on ''o ,. "'" a, ,,,,.
charming and Muffin, the vcntriloqula 'ac'' - I''V
n new character, though there may oe '. .., ~
Job Trotter about him. THO 'aic y n, s,,otohos -
sustained, and contains many po""
ocean life and phenomena
Mr.. uaggari continues TO draw upon MS nou'n .
African experiences and to employ tho perso""s VI
Tho old hunter Allan Qusterman very freely bu' NO
' -, - -. ,o, ,av himself open to the charge OF
o,,,on and be does succeed in producing stories 50
i,oI,ro savaoe nature with the supernatural as 10
rroduce a combination Of which the undscerni1s ioi'
rude bavo always been extremely iona SIM VI. a',,'
when the blind bard OF Scio's rocky lsio '""''" III.
stories OF how womans love toppfei .'o , -. =. :
urnud IIhim "Allans Wlie' IS no WIN ""
predecessors in these respects. only II Is upoi ,e ~
scale IL introduces the icader 10 az i"'
ro,,o,,ss arst the fascinating old Zulu rain-maker
and witch lnder lnuhDdbhio'' "~N'
bahoon. .woman IIendrka. This la''er appo"' " oo
a hold Improvement upon some travellers anu n''No
t,lee about creatures who supposed 10 DO oross
botwecn baboons and human beings missing INNS III
toct Wbateyer foundation in fact there may DC ior
thu assuuptlon that the baboons have anguaHe' anu
that Kaf1rs and Bushmen have sometimes ooon ~'o
20 learn H. the mere existence OF such iepor's ~
warrant enough for the adaptation OF thc ~ 'no
~ felton, and Mr. Hagga has made the most Vi "''"'
here. - ,,...s, ,s even
In the case of old Indaba zimbi the ih'eres. - y,
oraater for Mr. Uacgard would have II unuers'o "
she nagic NJ the Kaiirs Is something very uio'o'''
from rctisbisn. and he more than hints tha' 'noS'
,oon,o have a knowledge Of magnetism or hsP"o"'"'
atin IN that posses sed by the fahrS ana inc "o'o
steful contuors OF India. The extremc! p'o'"io't''
and original scene of the storm duei oo'"o'r ~,
rival rain makers even suggests the au''io' ~ ~
In n stul higher kind of magic-the possesSio" VI -
o,o. ,bc natural forces, in fact for IL Is oo'."S
r,o.r, N hs inferred that lndabs-zimo oausco '"o
Iioh,n,nc 70 destroy his rival The scene a'iions
the Zulus after the death OF the Zuiu cna'Ng'o
oIo.rlv case Of hypnotsm-of induced haliucina'on,
80 tha man of science would term it--anI II o' - .o
1ri,h much sDirit and descriptive power Joctdodiv
M tbe fight with balloons IN inc su'Hn ~ ao,nv The
cr,esome picture and eminenty uhcsuns. ,sarco and
torv though slight in plot, Is so IuIl vi , T down
moving incident that the readcr VIII pco U other Iort
nt be has finished IT. There are ihrec c,,IhoS bo
no unIL n IN the volume which have been puDnsncu US
sooa'I su in " mararines They arc all hun,lns i au,
ont,res rT m on the African veldt' in which mons ana
eienbants and bull bufaloes play % conspcuo"S p"''''
and thew are all well and smartly wrli'eh'