2 Mr. Edward Arnold’s Autumn Announcements. 
SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIES. 
By THE LADY SARAH WILSON. 
With Illustvations. One Volume. Demy 8vo., cloth. 15s. net. 
These entertaining memories of society, war, and sport in South 
Africa, covering a period from 1895 to 1904, are written from diaries 
kept at the time, and contain many novel and interesting episodes. 
The author tells us that everything of interest that has happened to 
her in life has been in connection with Africa: she was there at the 
time of the Jameson Raid; she was present in the siege of Mafeking 
during the war, an episode that has never yet been adequately de- 
scribed; she has hunted lions in the vast country north of the Zambesi; 
she has been nearly drowned in the Nile; and in Africa she has made 
some of her best friends. Lady Sarah Wilson has often proved the 
truth of the saying that ‘adventures are to the adventurous,’ and no 
more attractive motto could be found for such a volume as the present. 
The book is dedicated to the memory of her sister Georgina, Countess 
‘Howe, whose health and life were sacrificed in labours undertaken on 
behalf of the Yeomanry Hospitals during the war. 
HOUSEBOAT DAYS IN CHINA. 
By J. O. P. BLAND, 
AuTuor oF ‘Lays or Far CaTuay,' ETC. 
Illustrated by W. D. STRAIGHT. 
With Map. One Volume. Medium 8v0., cloth. 15s. net. 
To charter a houseboat and make an expedition along a river 
‘up country’ is one of the favourite recreations of British residents 
in China, Mr. Bland is an old hand at the game, and knows how 
to accept its drawbacks with philosophy, while enjoying the pleasures 
to the full. Sport is the ostensible object of these expeditions, and 
Mr. Bland had many exciting days in the pursuit of duck, geese, 
and snipe.. Even more entertaining than his sporting episodes are his 
shrewd descriptions and comments on the types of Chinamen he 
came across, from the Lowdah who managed the boat, and his crew, 
to the Mandarin and the Missionary. The Ethics of Houseboat 
Travel forms an amusing chapter, and however far he journeys he 
cannot escape ‘The Eternal Feminine.’ Thoughts on books and 
poetry intrude themselves among recollections of smuggling and the 
coming of railways. The volume winds up with a subject ever 
present to the Briton in China—reflections ‘On Coming Home.’ 
The volume is charmingly illustrated by Mr. William Straight, 
every chapter having appropriate head-pieces and terminals, while 
there are a large number of delicate vignettes in the text. 
