. Review of reviews and world's work. WARKEN ERNEST WILLIAM HORNUNG. Another volumeof Australian sto-ries is Stinga-ree,by Hor-nung (Scribners).It is not by anymeans as fresh oras striking asSons o criminalwho is somethingof a gentleman isnot at all new tofiction, and it doesnot greatly matterwliether he carryon his graceful op-erations in Lon-don or in Mel-bourne. Still, Stingaree js un-doubtedly a veryengaging .scamp,who robs with zestand puts an artis-tic finish to hold-ups. But his exploits hold little thatis memorable. Pardners, by Rex E. Beach (McClure, Phillips), a
. Review of reviews and world's work. WARKEN ERNEST WILLIAM HORNUNG. Another volumeof Australian sto-ries is Stinga-ree,by Hor-nung (Scribners).It is not by anymeans as fresh oras striking asSons o criminalwho is somethingof a gentleman isnot at all new tofiction, and it doesnot greatly matterwliether he carryon his graceful op-erations in Lon-don or in Mel-bourne. Still, Stingaree js un-doubtedly a veryengaging .scamp,who robs with zestand puts an artis-tic finish to hold-ups. But his exploits hold little thatis memorable. Pardners, by Rex E. Beach (McClure, Phillips), andThe Probationer, by Herman Whitaker (Harpers),are two volumes of short stories dealing with the life ofthe frozen North of British Columbia and stories in both volumes are excellent, but .singu-larly lacking in literary individuality. It would bequite possible to shuffle them at will without causingthe most careful reader even a slight shock. Especiallythoughtful and well wrought are The Test in Pard-ners and the title-story of The Prob
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