The rebellion in South Africa is one of the very few chapters in the history of the war which are already completed. It is a story in itself, somewhat apart from the main current of events, and even, curiously enough, from the story of the conquest of German South-West Africa to which it formed a preliminary. To people in England reading of it at the time in disconnected fragments in the newspapers, the whole thing was not only distressing but perplexing and unintelligible. It is well that they should be given a consecutive narrative of it, in its true perspective, by one who was on the spot, and familiar with the strangely diverse currents of feeling that animate the heterogeneous population of South Africa. The tale of the fighting--brisk, and full of movement--forms a striking contrast to the trench warfare of Western Europe, but it is the psychological rather than the military interest which predominates throughout the book. The protagonists reveal themselves with extraordinary vividness: on the one ride are the “slim” Germanized Beyers, and Christian de Wet, fanatical and irreconcilable to the last, a pitiful, tragic figure; on the other Botha plays the fine part with which we are already familiar; but probably few of us have realized, as this book enables us to realize, all that we owe to the hard-headed efficiency and clear-sighted sense of honour of General Smuts. FROTH AND BUBBLE. By MONTY HARBORD. _Illustrated._ =10s. 6d. net.= “Froth and Bubble” is the light-hearted and breezy record of the life of a rolling stone. Mr. Harbord was young and athletic, a fine horseman, and fond of outdoor life, and went to Canada to look for experiences and adventures in the wild and woolly West. He encountered some of the rubs which are the lot of the tenderfoot, but was ready to take on any job that was going, and held his own well in any company. We next encounter him in Rhodesia, where he arrived just in time to take an active part in the Matabele Campaign. He remained in South Africa till the outbreak of the war. Such a man was sure to do his share, and a bit more, and Mr. Harbord’s modest narrative of his doings with the Imperial Light Horse well deserves lo be preserved. Finally he found his way to British East Africa, and--need we say?--did some big-game shooting. GOD AND FREEDOM IN HUMAN EXPERIENCE. A Study of Degrees of Reality. CONTAINING THE DONNELLAN LECTURES FOR THE YEAR 1913-14, DELIVERED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN. By the Right Rev. CHARLES F. D’ARCY, D.D., BISHOP OF DOWN. _One Volume. 8vo._ =10s. 6d. net.= The principle of Degrees of Reality has been coming to light more and more clearly in many recent developments of philosophical thought. The purpose of this work is to exhibit the principle in its relation to ordinary and scientific experience, and to apply the results so obtained to some of the fundamental problems of Theology. HUMAN IMMORTALITY AND PRE-EXISTENCE.