Every-day Life in South Africa. By E. E. K. Lowndes.
(S. We Partridge and Co. le. 6d.)—Miss Lowndes takes us back to the ante-war days. She went out for health's sake, and found a situation as a teacher, first in a Dutch family not far from Queenstown, and afterwards in another family in the Free State. It would not be fair to quote isolated sentences from Miss Lowndes's descriptions, for such might give a false impres- sion. She tells us what she saw, and tells it, we imagine, as fairly as possible. There is a notable story (pp. 72-74) of how a judicious Englishwoman civilised a semi-barbarous Transvaal household. The approach of war put an end to Miss Lowndes's sojourn, but she had time to gather some interesting experiences.
Baden-Powell. By W. Francis Aitken. (Same publishers. ls. Gd. net.)—Here we have the history of Baden-Powell's early life, of his services in India, in Bechuanaland (in 1884 and after- wards), in Malta;in West Africa, and, of course, at Mafeking. The story is told pleasantly. We hope that it will soon reach a second edition, and that the relief of the town" may be the epilogue.
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