Recollections of the Kabul Campaign, 1879-1880. By Joshua Duke. (W.
II. Allen and Co.)—This handsome volume, the value of which is materially increased by the addition of maps and sketches, contains an eye-witness's account of the advance of General Roberts through the Shaturgardan Pass to Cabal, the occupation of the city by that General, and the events of the campaign up to the relief march from Cabal to Candahar. This march Mr. Duke accompanied. He also gives his conclusions gathered on the spot shortly after the occurrence of the massacre of the English Embassy in Cabul, and of the Amir Yakub Khan's conduct with respect to it, conclusions to which General Roberts, in a letter prefixed to the volume, gives an emphatic approval. The book is thoroughly readable throughout. The author seems a careful observer, and has tho gift of describing what he sees.
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