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Under the Patnvyras, by Mrs. Jerome Mercier (S.P.C.K.), is a

simple story of missionary enterprise in Southern India under- taken by two native converts to Christianity, Marial and her 'devoted husband, Yovarn. They have to fight cholera and ignorance as well as superstition, and their chief troubles, like those of most converts, are with those of their own household. They are patient and morally courageous, and, in consequence, triumph in the end. There is an air of reality about Under the Palmyras which is sure to make it appreciated by those for whom it is obviously written.