7 JULY 1923, Page 28

Blackwood.

Sir Hugh_ Clifford concludes this month his remarkable paper on "Murder and Magic" in Nigeria, which throws light on the inscrutable workings of the native mind. The excessive credulity of the African negro in obeying medicine men, even at the hazard of his own life, to say nothing of others' lives, gives our officials endless difficulty, and rank impostors flourish at the negro's expense. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon's account of a tour, "With a Donkey Across Southern Spain," begins well.