2 JULY 1927, Page 33

SOUTH AFRICA. A series of. pencil sketches by \V. M.

Timlin. (Black. 8s. 6d.)-These admirable drawings tiring back clearly the architectural charm of Odpetown and the surrounding regions. They possess-some of them-such colour that we can almost see the morning sunlight as it rests on the splendid white-walled and gabled homesteads set amid the wine-growing valleys of the Cape. Very notable are the pictures of the homesteads of Morgenster and Tokai, of the church of the Paarl, and of a street in Stellenbosch that well- nigh seems to simmer in the heat. The book is a marvel of artistic fineness and of cheapness.