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"It was a happy chance which led Mr. Mowbray Mor¬ris to writing his 'Tales of the Spanish Main.' Between the covers of a single book he has brought together nearly all the incidents which made Spanish America and the water routes thereto the most interesting part of the world for nearly two centuries. The voyage of Colum¬bus, with which the volume opens, is well told; but its interest and that of the discovery of the Pacific which succeeds it is soon dimmed by the exploits of that gal¬lant band of South Britons — Drake, Raleigh, Grenville, and others. The immortal story of The Revenge is told anew, and will be welcome, for all the brilliancy of the writers who have told it before. More than one-third of the book is occupied with the .deeds of the bucca¬neers, ending with Morgan, the greatest of them all. These are brave stories of brave days and bravely told."