... perfect as a book about Africa can at present be. The arrangement which divides the Continent into sections, each with its own sectional map, its pretty views of towns and natives, rivers and mountains, its statistics, so far as Africa possesses statistics ...

... the heart of Africa and Asia. The Sultan or Emperor owes money to Spain, part of an unpaid war indemnity; he has felt the power of the French; he is under deep obligations to England and Sir J. Drummond Hay for intervention in the Spanish war. So far, then ...

... respecting Africa, nor to be amused by a record of adventure, but in the spirit of inquisitors. Sir Samuel Baker has been accused of conducting his expedition in a manner contrary to the principles of civilization and humanity, of waging war on unoffending ...

... respecting Africa, nor to be amused hy a record of adventure, but in the spirit of inquisitors. Sir Samuel Baker has been accused of conducting his expedition in a ntanner contrary to the principles of civilization and humanity, of waging war on unoffending ...

... Men's Club and Inetitat f Union. Mr. H. PaATr presided. The lecturer chose a for his subject The Native Races of Southern Africa, e amongst whom he had travelled about twelve montjc before. Previous to ?? hbhad thought tbict thev vcre a low type of savage ...

... and the other a war ballad on The Defence of Lucknow, which is unquestionably vigorous and spirited, and yet for all its spirit and vigour does not remove from our mind the impression that in seeking to figure as a writer of war ballads Mr. Tennyson ...

... of Africa WI and Asia. The Sultan or Emperor owes money to Spain, part of an unpaid un war indemnity; he has felt the power of the French; he is under deep thi obligations to England and Sir J. Drummond Hay for intervention in the pil Spanish war. So ...

... commended for sobriety, and that the vice of drinking to intoxication was contracted by our soldiers during their constant wars in the Netherlands, and by the soldiers was introduced to our people. Thus we were copyists, and like mostconverts, or per- ...

... terrible scale in Africa ; and it is stated that the Kaffirs, although not naturally cruel, wilt inflict `indescribable tortures on their nearest relatives or dearest friends if found guilty of witchcraft. In some regions of Africa witchcraft is the ...

... CHECKIIA TBE. TonL novelists trade must have been affected as seriously as any other industry by the war, the public not having much attention to spare from it for the comparatively unexciting scenes, incidents, and interests of fiction. And most of ...

... ability of the Zulus is highly favourable; and, as these pages were written before the war broke out, it is interesting to read that, while everything seemed tending to war, the Zulus themselves derided the notion of it, declaring that Cetewayo himself was ...

... period-the period of the great War of Inde- pendence, of the formation of the Union, of the miserably mis- managed campaign (at least on the English side) of 1813- 14. A study, however, of more living interest: than these bygone wars, though one sadly neglected ...