11 MARCH 1899, Page 24

The Khartoum Campaign, 1898. By Bennet Burleigh. (Chap- man and

Hall. 12s.)—Mr. Burleigh, whose letters to the Daily Telegraph put him in the front rank of war-correspondents, carries on the story of the campaign down to the evacuation of Fashoda. On this matter he has very definite opinions. The proceedings of the French, he thinks, "can only mean getting ready for war against Great Britain." He has something to say about the Mahdi's tomb. The natives were astonished to see the corpse; they firmly believed that the Mahdi had been translated in the flesh. As to the dealing with the remains, "The Soudan is not Europe, nor are its inhabitants amenable to measures eminently satisfactory to civilised northern races." A postscript disposes satisfactorily of Mr. Bennett and his accusations.