13 DECEMBER 1884, Page 19

In The Young Colonists (Routledge and Sons) Mr. G. A.

Henty takes his readers to South Africa. Isandula, Zlobana, Ulundi, and other familiar names reappear in his pages. The story will bear re- telling once and again ; and Mr. Henty, as will be readily believed, does his part well. He speaks out his mind freely, we are glad to say, about military and civil blunders in the management of South- African affairs, but does it only on due occasion. He does well, too, in paying a well-deserved tribute of praise to the gallant men who held the forts in- the Transvaal for England. We can recommend this book as edifying as well as entertaining.