The Gold Kloof. By H. A. Bryden. (T. Nelson and
Sons. 2s. 6d.)—Mr. Bryden gives us a healthy romance of an English schoolboy whom circumstances compel to join his uncle in Bechuanaland. Then comes the search for the " gold kloof," a secret possessed only by the faithful Bushman "Poeskop " ; the trek ; the adventures on the route; the treacherous attacks of the revengeful Boer, a settler in Portuguese territory ; the final discovery of the gold. The local colour is cleverly laid on, and the fascination of the veld is conveyed by the author with some skill. It is a good, stirring story, and sure to attract boys—too much is made of the game-shooting, and we say this because boys are apt to be disappointed when they do reach South Africa—but in every sense of the word it is a book for boys, and distinctly well written, with a feeling for landscape and aboriginal life and manners. The incident of the baboon boy is interesting and tragic.
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