1 MARCH 1913, Page 25

Through the Cloudy Porch. By K. M. Edge. (John Murray.

6s.) —This book will be read, not for its rather unpleasant theme, but for the descriptions of life in South Africa. The author has given a -wonderful picture of the charm of the veld, and the allusions to African politics and the labour problem give great vividness and reality to the story. The heroine is a charming creature, though her relations to Bertram are exceedingly un- attractive. Richard Fenworth, the mine manager, is also a well- drawn figure, but the whole situation is too false for the book to be very pleasant reading.