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(1) Africa View (2) Living Africa: a Geologist's Wanderings through the Rift Valleys

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THESE two books have much in common. They state the impressions formed during tours in East Africa by two highly trained scientific observers. The first is by a brilliant British biologist the other by one of the most distinguished American geologists. Both authors have the philosopher's respect for first principles, high literary skill, keen insight on a wide range of subjects, and a sympathy which enables them to come to a friendly understanding with all sorts of men. Prof. Bailey Willis during an eight months' tour through East Africa travelled 8000 miles, from Pretoria to Baringo, through Rhodesia, Tanganyika Territory, Uganda, and Kenya, and down the Nile, to study the nature and origin of rift valleys. Prof, Julian Huxley's tour of four months in Tanganyika Territory, Uganda, and Kenya Colony was made on the invitation of a Colonial Office Committee to advise on native education.

(1) Africa View.

By Julian Huxley. Pp. viii + 455 + 32 plates. (London: Chatto and Windus, 1931.) 15s. net.

(2) Living Africa: a Geologist's Wanderings through the Rift Valleys.

By Bailey Willis. Pp. xv + 320 + 21 plates. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1930.) 20s. net.

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GREGORY, J. (1) Africa View (2) Living Africa: a Geologist's Wanderings through the Rift Valleys. Nature 128, 87–89 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128087a0

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