16 JANUARY 1926, Page 23

An important publication of the week is,. - Sir Valentine . Chirol's India

(Berm). Mr. II. A. L. Fidler calls it " the: matured fruit of his long devotion to Indian inquiries.": It is good to have so serious and responsible a book upon questions that are too often treated in a prejudiced and• liartisan fashion._ It. is reassuring, also, to observe that fir Valentine lays. more stress on England's duty than on " the rights she may.be held to have acquired." He realizes. t the claimers of the situation, and tries his utmost to suggest, methods-to -avert a clash between -East and We4. There is no prospect Of success; he considers, " unlesS British rule endures."