A Woman's Impressions of German New Guinea. By Lilian Overall.
(Lane. 12s. 6d. net.) This account of everyday life in one of the least known lands Of the over-written Pacific has been taken, apparently, in un- revised chunks from a diary ; consequently, it slips con- tinually from past tense to present in a bewildering way. The most interesting part of the book is the description of the German settlers' apprehension as to their fate before the mandate had been given to Australia. It has since been decided that Germans with Samoan wives may remain and keep their plantations. Incidentally, it is not likely that either they or the British residents will appreciate the sug- gestion that the Federal Government should introduce Pro- hibition forthwith. The photographs arc unusually good, but a map would have improved the book.
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