Jamaica as it is, 1903. By B. Pullen Burry. (T.
Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—Mrs. Burry tells us much about social matters in Jamaica, and something about economical affairs. Incidentally she gives us some information about other islands which she visited. Dominica, for instance, is, we are told, an example of enviable prosperity. But then it grows cocoa, not sugar. Jamaica itself, however, seems to be improving; the banana industry has greatly increased and brings in money. In 1892 eleven bunches were im- ported into England; in 1901, four hundred and fifty thousand. There are still markets to supply, for about seven times this total come from the Canaries. Mrs. Burry speaks her mind with com- mendable frankness; but she is ready to make allowances. Her estimate of the negro character, for example, is fair and not Un- kindly. The Spaniards, whom she mentions in an historical sketch, she does not admire.
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