As is usual with Mr. Mowat's books, [in The Curse of the Viking Grave] we are presented with excellent descriptions of the terrain and inhabitants of the Northlands. He presents an Eskimo group that is quite different in their history and culture from their better-known cousins. We are instructed in the ways of the Barrens and the people who dwell there without the slightest hint of pedantry. Those readers unfamiliar with Lost in the Barrens will find this a well-written and interesting story of adventure in the Northlands. Those who loved the earlier book will be disappointed. In the earlier book the boys had to pit all their skill against the deadly power of winter in the Barrens and their survival was constantly in doubt. The drama was real and intense for the stakes were unlimited. In the present book there is, comparatively, a lack of urgency and...