Kaffir Stories. By W. S. Scully. " The Autonym Library." (T.
Fisher Unwin.) - These stories are instinct with an intimate knowledge of the Kaffir peoples, and their very tragedy adds to their interest and their truthful colouring. We do not care about such stories as " Kellson's Nemesis " and " The Fundamental Axiom," though the former story is well told. We have too much of these morbid tales. The native stories are the best, and of these " The Quest of the Copper" is by far the best. It relates the forlorn attempt of a Zulu regiment to execute one of the King's ruthless commands, and does justice to the military courage of the Zulus, and has an intensely tragic in- terest. The story of the cannibals will astonish some ; it has elements of truth stranger than many marvels. Mr. Scully ranks as an equal with those writers who have described the Zulu as he was, in stirring fiction.
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