28 JANUARY 1922, Page 24

Up Against It in Nigeria. By Lange Langs. (G. Allen

and Unwin. 18s. net.)—The authOr, who first went to Nigeria in 1908 and has served in the Bauchi tin-mining fields, in Bornu and in Ilorin, devotes this book to the lighter side of the adminis- trator's life in that part of West Africa. That young Englishmen can find so much amusement in their leisure hours in Nigeria is a good sign. The Government machine must be working very smoothly. The author's repeated references to dead comrades and to attacks of fever show, however, that the advance of medical science has not yet robbed the West African climate of its terrors. The book is illustrated with many photographs.