PREHISTORY OF THE TRANSVAALA Record of Human ActivityRevil MasonRepr. 1969, 498pp. Cloth. R16Illustrated in colour and in black and white, line drawings, maps, tables."In a book which attempts to cover half a million years, it would be as well togive the reader some preliminary encouragement. He might wish to know why thearcheology of the Transvaal is worth looking at, and whether it has such spectaclesto offer as Teotichuacan or Knossos. Although there is nothing as opulent asthese, the Transvaal can offer quieter treasures that lie at the roots of humanthinking. Here are no golden helmets, no marble gods, no sumptuous temples.All that came later, after the hard work of becoming human had been done, andit is of those earliest upward steps that the Transvaal can boast a record. Herewe may claim to add to the general understanding of man's position on earth, hishabits and interests, his mind and his muscles. The Transvaal has a specialadvantage in this, for it remained undisturbed by civilization until very recently:not long before Bach wrote his fuges and Spinoza composed his Ethics, IronAge people broke the first farmlands and displaced the last Stone Age hunterssouth of the Limpopo."Šfrom the author's IntroductionDEVELOPMENT IN AFRICAA Study in Regional Analysis with Special Reference to Southern AfricaL. P. Green and T. J. D. FairRepr. 1969, 203 pp., maps and tables. Cloth. R4This is a work of historical interest describing the development of political,social and economic progress in Africa, and the patterns of settlement andmovement of its peoples. The revolutionary changes that have taken place areinfinitely complex, particularly because of the great contrasts existing from placeto place in the physical environment, and in the distribution and use of thenatural and human resouces. In this book the authors sought to blaze a trail'through this intricate maze, to uncover basic principles and process of develop-ment in Africa.DEVELOPMENT IN SWAZILANDA Regional AnalysisT. J. D. Fair, G. Murdoch and H. M. Jones1969, 155 pp., maps, figures, tables. Cloth. R5This book describes and helps to explain the progress of Swaziland into indepen-dence when a new government had to assume responsibility for material advance-ment and welfare.-It is a factual analysis of how the country made the transitioninto the system.Development in Africa and Development in Swaziland if ordered together, R6WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS1 Jan Smuts Avenue2001 JohannesburgSouth AfricaOrder direct from the publisherPrices do not include postage26