Letters from an //Wander. (John Murray. 5s. net.)—Sir Bartle Frere
writes an introduction to this volume, from which we shall quote two passages, because one refers to a subject on which it is of the highest importance to accumulate evidence, and the other expresses a truth which we cannot bear too permanently in mind :—(1) " There is no manner of doubt that the Transvaal leaders and the Bond leaders had elaborated an ideal which was quite inconsistent with the existence of the British Empire. Their ideal was : 'Away with' the English view of life altogether ; let us, as the Dutch race, dominate everybody." (2) "The electors of Great Britain should recognise that disappointed politicians of a certain, and, alas, not uncommon, type are frequently really desperate men, and will stick at nothing to damage whatever party may be in power."
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