The Rhodesian. By Gertrude Page, (Hurst and Blackett. Os.)— As
its title announces, this book deals entirely with British South Africa, and its chief interest resides in its presentation of the British African point of view. A curious sidelight on the problems of the South African Union is cast by the author's hint that in spite of themselves English and Dutch must in the end come together in self-defence, as the problem of white versus black will become acute in the future. But the most informing parts of the book are those which deal with Rhodesia itself, and the author's descriptions of the beauty of the country will cause many readers to wish they could transport themselves thither. The love story is perhaps a little commonplace and conventional, but the change of partners at the end is amusingly described, though the reader will probably share the opinion of one of the young men in the book, who asks despairingly in tho last chapter, "Which did he actually marry in the end, and what became of whom?"
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