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Vedic India. By ZenaTcle A. Ragozin. (T. Fisher Unwin.)— This

volume, one of the series of "The Story of the Nations," begins with a des::ription of India, its climate, fauna, and flora, and goes on to speak of the Aryan race (the recently published work on the "Development of the Aryan" must have appeared too late to be consulted by the writer). The growth of Sanscrit study is then described, followed by an account of Vedic literature, with a reconstruction of Aryan life out of the materials which it furnishes. The volume has illustrations, but these, as a whole, are scarcely equal to the average of the series.