The Go/den Ship, and other Tales. Translated from the Swahili.
(Universities' Mission to Central Africa. 2s. Gd. net.)—It is easy enough to see the Arab strain which probably gives the Swahili race its best qualities. Any one of these five stories might have found a place in an edition of " The Arabian Nights." They were originally put into shape by Bishop Steere, to whom they were dictated by natives of Zanzibar. The longest and best of them, " The Golden Ship," was translated by Captain Ogle, R.N., and the others have been published in Swahili by the Society which is responsible for this volume and by the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. They have been admirably illustrated by Miss Lilian Bell, who has furnished the drawings for four of the five, and Miss Alice B. Woodward, who has taken charge of "The Wonderful Warrior."
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