Beyond the Black Waters. By " A. L. 0. E."
(Nelson and Sons.) —The principal subject of this story is one that has a very con- siderable interest. It is that remarkable race, the Karens of Burmah. Their loyalty to the English power and their unusual readiness to accept Christianity are equally noteworthy. What the author of this story has to tell us about them, and about the preacher KO Thar Byas is worth reading, much more so, as she would no doubt willingly acknowledge, than the fiction with which she has thought it necessary to mingle it. A race that in the course of little more than half-a-century has made so much religious progress—it numbers 30,000 communicants in 450 parishes, with native pastors and schools—is a remarkable fact. Of the story itself we cannot speak in very high praise. Thucydides Thorn is farcical, and Oscar somewhat melodramatic.
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