16 FEBRUARY 1929, Page 30

The Pilgrimage of Buddhism (Macmillan, 15s.) is a charmingly 'ritten

account of two Sabbatical years spent by an American professor of philosophy-Dr. James Bissett Pratt-in journey- -mg with his wife in the lands of Buddhism. He states in his preface that he does not deal with the Buddhism of Tibet, Nepal, and Mongolia, but in point of fact many of his descrip- tions of Chinese, monasteries would apply equally well to the red-cap brethren of 'Leh, Or Ladakh. We can recommend this volume both as a general description of the various Buddhistic cultures and as a discerning review of a phase. Of Eastern life which is not as yet dissolving before our eyes, like the customs of the nearer countries of Islam. There is a prodigious amount of knowledge and observation in these 700 eleselv -printed inigeS. - 7

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