CURRENT LITERATURE.
A Winter Tour in South Africa. By Sir Frederick Young. (Petherick and Co.)—Sir Frederick Young has much to say in favour of the progress of South Africa, and also of its climate. His remarks on the attitude of the Boers are the cool judgments of a man who has observed quietly, without haste, and with a thorough appreciation of Colonial energy. As to the justice of his impression regarding the mismanagement of the Imperial Govern- ment, no one will be inclined to dispute it. It seems to us, as it does to many Colonials, that a policy of laisser-faire, laiesser-aller, is pro- bably the best in the end. As more English go there every year, the ultimate disposition of power is a matter of time only ; the native policy, indeed, has not been a good one, not perhaps altogether by our fault. The style in many places is rather too close an imitation of that of a guide-book to please us ; but for those interested in South Africa, and not particularly desirous of anything laborious or new, the book is well enough.
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