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whites, just as they were four centuries ago under the 

 Spaniards. This state of affairs was driven home to us 

 still more forcibly by the almost simultaneous publication 

 of three books, written by leading authorities on the 

 subjects treated, viz., on South America and Tropical 

 Africa.' 



Of the authors, we have had the pleasure of meeting both 

 Lord Bryce and Mr. J. H. Harris, the latter fairly often. 

 We were introduced to Lord Bryce at the House of 

 Commons one night and met him on two occasions since. 

 We have seen enough of both men to realize how capable 

 they are of guiding us by their opinions, and also of forming 

 trustworthy opinions on the subjects about which they 

 have written, through the important journeys each under- 

 took — Lord Bryce in Latin America, and Mr. and Mrs. 

 Harris through West Africa and the adjacent islands. 



All these books should be read by every one interested 

 in tropical agriculture and commerce, since they deal 

 largely with the native races, without whose help nothing 

 can be done, especially in Africa. The various chapters 

 show how things have become as they are ; what both 

 conquerors and conquered have had to put up with and 

 contend against ;* how abuses have crept in, how and where 

 they still exist, and why it has proved extremely difficult 

 and often quite impossible to eradicate them, at any rate up 



1 " South America : Observations and Impressions," by the Right 

 Hon. James Bryce, O.M., &c., H.M. Minister at VVashington, U.S.A., 

 author of " The Holy Roman Empire"' and "The American Common- 

 weahh." 6ii pp., including maps and index. Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 

 London and New York. Price 8s. 6d. net. 



" Dawn in Darkest Africa," by John H. Harris, Organizing Secre- 

 tary of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society. With 

 an introduction by the Right Hon. the Earl of Cromer, O.M., P.C., 

 G.C. B. With 40 pp. of illustrations, and a map. Small royal 8vo, 

 lOs. 6d. net. Smith, Elder and Co., 15, Waterloo Place, London, S.W. 



"The Putumayo : the Devil's Paradise; being an account of Travels 

 in the Peruvian Amazon region, and of the Atrocities committed upon 

 the Indians therein," by W. K. Hardenburg, C.E. Edited, and with an 

 introduction, by C. Reginald Enock, F. R.G.S., with illustrations, and a 

 map. Demy 8vo, cloth, los. 6d., net. T. Fisher Unwin, Adelphi 

 Terrace, London, W.C. 



* There is one Indian tribe (the San Bias Indians in Panama, noted for 

 the fine coconuts they produce), Mr. Bryce tells us on p. 13, which "has 

 kept itself quite apart, having maintained a complete independence both 

 of Spanish Viceroys and Republican Presidents of Colombia.'' To this 

 day they are " so jealous of their freedom and their own ways that they 

 will not suffer a white stranger to spend the night in one of their 

 villages." 



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