South-West Africa, by William Eveleigh (T. Fisher Unwin, 5s. net),
gives a short description of the chief charac- teristics of the great tract of country conquered by General Botha. Its physical features, its climate, its fauna and flora, its history, and its economic development are in turn discussed, Mr. Eveleigh sums up his opinions of the country's prospects by declaring that "South-West Africa is a country rich in mineral wealth, that needs exploitation; it is a fine grazing country, that will carry hundreds of thousands of cattle; it is a comparatively poor agricultural land, whose principal need is irrigation; and it allows no sign of becoming a manufac- turing country even on a small scale." Ho adds that the most that a reasoned optimism can expect is that in the course of the next twenty-five years it will become the home of twenty-five
white.
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