ABOUT BOOK

"Highway Pirates" is, of course, mainly a story of adventures; but we are glad to say that this has not prevented the characters from being well drawn and true to nature. The hero is not overwhelmingly clever or lucky, and the school to which he goes is well described. The main incident of the book is the escape of some convicts from a coach, and the forced journey with them of the hero. The introduction of a smugglers' cave and secret chamber is, we suppose, inevitable.