How the British Won India. By W. Pimblett. (J. S.
Virtue and Co.)—After a preliminary chapter on "India of Old" (not free from blemishes, as, e.g., "Seleuchus"), Mr. Pimblett proceeds to "The Coming of the English," and the humble beginnings out of which our great Eastern Empire grew. The third chapter describes the straggle for supremacy between the French and the English, a, struggle with which the names of Dupleix and Clive are specially connected. The story is carried on through the wars with Tippoo Sahib and the Mahrattas. So we come down to the Afghan wars, the conquest of Scinde, the campaign in the Punjaub, and, finally, the Mutiny. The book is not unworthy of a great subject.—With this may be mentioned England's Sea Victories, by Charles Rathbone Low (same publishers), telling the story of the deeds of our Navy, from Sluys down to Trafalgar. Mr. Low has both technical knowledge and literary power, a com- bination which ensures success.—The Triumphs of Steam, edited by Henry Frith (Griffith, Farran, and Co.), a well-known book, may b3 mentioned together with these, possibly, one might say, as an alterative, in ease any young reader should be inclined to think that all the glories of the world belong to soldiers and sailors. Mr. Frith has "revised and partly rewritten" the book, whi was originally published more than thirty years ago. The author's name does not appear.
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