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LITERARY NOTES AND GOSSIP OF THE WEEK

... press as his vicarious wailer, that this is a diq- exp 'tractiug season for this producer of books. With the !war in Sooth Africa, something like war in China, jdto .and the threat of a general election all militating dout .agarinst book-buying, publighurs ...

NEW BOOKS OF THE WEEK

... able to got on the right side of the natives, which is worth quoting as t ypical' of so m bch: of his w ork in West Africa. All the. war palavers or councils had, by im- memorial custom, to be carried on under the tall sacred palms of the village mar ...

THE ZULU WAR

... knowledge of the country, General Crealock has nevertheless been prompt to perceive aud to acknowledge that this war more than any other war is a war of commissariat—that is, of supplies and transport. the commissariat can move the army, and the army can only ...

THE WARS OF 1896

... Somaliland wa3s cat up on 26th November, only three escaping. So the Italians have not done too well this year in Africa. In British East Africa 1896 was a quiet year. On 12th February the rebel chief Azif,with over 200 men, attacked and set fire to Malinde ...

THE ZULU WAR

... THE ZULU WAR. OFFICIAL OF THE BATTLE TLUNDI. DESPATCH FROM LOUD CHELMSFORD. A supp'emcnt to the Lomicm CasrtU, issued last night, contains some despatches relative to the /«lu war. Describing the battle of L'lundi, Lord says 4 A a. on 4th of Jnly the ...

SKETCHES OF ALGERIA DURING THE KABYLE WAR.*

... SKETCHES OF ALGERIA DURING THE KABYLE I WAR.' (From the Atheniieam.) For soldiers in quest of actual war, for sportsmen burning to encounter the king of beasts, for artists hungering after flowing beards, tawny complexions, and startling costumes, for ...

LITERARY NOTICES

... direct to the theatre of war in Kaffirland, and tept a journal, in which she noted down whatever she considered worthy of record during the entire period of hostilities. The presence of an Enaglish lady in the wilds of Africa. exhibiting in her own person ...

THE APRIL MAGAZINES

... solemnly declares thait the rioi'sa British Empire is tvsging a. holy war for ?? cause of freedom andi justice to the native, ratces; wa ia ?? Souith Africa. Who is to Tmay for that war a~s T he nexteensidered by the EarloFi Cam pedmreon.and, c'tenc Icourse ...

MINOR BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS

... I MNOR BOOKS AND KOW EDITIONS. I s The enlistment of a special corps of sharp- t shooters for South Africa, and the encourage- ment given by the Government to the forms- tion of rifle clubs outside the Vchinteer organi- sation, has induced R A. Everett ...

MINOR BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS

... their fortunes in South Af rica after the war. The author's trenchant criticism. of Mr Bryce's, North Americin Review article whn' .r -onl The H-istorical Causes of the present War givE in South Africa and his eminently sensible an. views on ...

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

... that wul receive our most careful attention. THE WAR IN ZULULAND. Earl asked whether Her Majesty's Government had received any fresh news from the seat war in Africa. Earl said despatches from the seat war had arrived by the Asiatic; but despatches had ...

THE JANUARY MAGAZINES

... France, the War Relief Funds, the Tinkering of Modern Hymns, and Shakespeare and the Modern Stage. Sir Wemyss Reid again analyses and criticises the daily newspapers. The Contemposary Review manages to pile up a lot of isms about the Boer War-Capi- talism ...