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A Yorkshireman Abroad, by H J. Smith (John Long, 36.6d.),

is an undistinguished but readable narrative of a holiday tour through South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. The author was Chairman of the Bradford Health Committee when the Insurance Act came into operation, and the demands which it made upon his energy compelled him to take a long sea voyage for recuperation. In this volume he describes the things which he saw. The moat interesting chapters deal with the wonderland of New Zealand and the battlefields of South Africa.