24 MARCH 1900, Page 21

Old Colonial Houses of the Cape of Good Hope. By

Alys Fane Trotter. (B. T. Bataford. 10s. 8d.)—Mr. Herbert Baker prefixes a chapter in which he describes the growth of the Colonial Dutch architecture out of the Dutch style of the old country. Altered circumstances and new needs brought about new developments. What these were may be seen at large in the designs which are here brought together and explained by descriptive notes. There are both churches and dwellings, small and great, and there are a number of details of ornament, &c.