Another valuable and interesting series is carried on in The
Story of Africa and its Explorers, by Robert Brown, M.A. (Cassell and Co.)—This is the fourth volume, and deals with "Europe in Africa—Colonies and Colonists –the Scramble for an Empire- s Continent under Companies." Dr. Brown, it will be seen from this brief summary of contents, does not avoid politics. He carries on the story of European intervention in Africa up to the latest date,—the recent action, for instance, of England in the South, and of Italy in the East. It is satisfactory to find that Dr. Brown, while necessarily postponing a complete judgment on the Matabele War, gives his opinion that "the rude operations of savage warfare were never carried on with less to lament, and perhaps in no case was the end arrived at with such complete success." Dr. Brown's merits as an authority in geography, his- torical and other, are well known, and it will be sufficient to say that this volume is equal to his reputation.
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