In the Lesuto. By Canon Widdicombe. (S.P.C.R.)—We have found Canon
Widdicombe's history of the trials and struggles of mission-life among the Basutos most interesting. He went through a time of great anxiety. His own life hung in the balance often during the days of Masupha's rebellion and the inter-tribal warfare among the tribes composing the Basuto nation. No sooner were the struggles of the year 1880 and the subsequent tribal fighting over, than the drink question became acute, and finally the district was handed over to the Imperial Government in 1883. The Basntos, as a very interesting intro- ductory chapter reminds us, were welded into a nation by the celebrated Moshesh, and enabled to snake head against the Matabeles. In a later generation, Jonathan. the nephew of Masupha, bore a reputation scarcely inferior for courage and dash. One of the pleasantest things about the book is the thorough appreciation shown of the many striking native characters.
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