The Two of Them Together. By the Rev. A. S.
Cripps. (A. It. Mowbray and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—It is evident that this "tale about Africa of to-day" is the outcome of much personal experi- ence. Mr. Cripps has been a missionary in MaahonaJand for some ten years, and knows the country and the people. The motif of the story is a treasure which Dick Thornton and his native com- panions search for. They have a very Ivey time, making acquaint. ance with Dutch settlers, klashona, wizards, serpents, hills of gold-dust, and other interesting persons and things. The whole is told in a perfectly easy and natural way, and does great credit to the author. Manifestly he has something to write about, and knows how to do it. There are horrors in the tale, the death of the Portuguese officer, for instance ; but it is very attractive on the whole.
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