On the War-Path. By Mrs. T. D. Leather-Calley. (John Long.
3s. 6d.)—Mrs. Leather-Calley, who is a "Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem," speaks her mind very plainly on many things. "Cape Colony," she says, "is an enemy's country," and she distinctly affirms that many of the Cape officials deliberately hindered the passage of supplies to the front out of disloyalty. If that is so, though less universally than the author would have us think, it should greatly increase our admiration for what has been done. Pro-Boers at home have been severe on whatever failure there has been, and lo ! if this witness can be trusted, much has been due to their Pro-Boer friends out there. "Men in Imperial pay do their best to hamper our transport." The book generally is full of interest. It should be read and judged as a whole. We might make a very startling column by choosing extracts. One thing, however, we may quote: "He [one of the Imperial Light Horse] wants to go before the Com- mission for the hospital management, as he says everything that could be done was done for him."
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