Zing Mombo. By Paul du Chaffin. (John Murray. 7s. 6d.
net.)— tin Chaillu tells in this volume, and promises to tell in another, various things which he saw in the course of his African travels, and tells them in a way that is suited to young readers. He starts from New York, and relates incidents of the voyage, but does not spend too much time over them, for he reaches Africa on p. 33, and introduces himself to King Mombo on p. 37. This interval of space probably represents a considerable lapse of time, for the traveller is now "greatly beloved by the people and their chiefs." His "word was law." King Mombo seems to have been a very favourable specimen of an African King. He was tall and slender, the latter a grace of which pombe and such things commonly forbid the development. But we need not follow M. du Chaillu any further. We may say that he tells his story in a very simple and easy fashion.
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