Mr. Newman's Indian Peepshow (Bell, 7s. 6d.) lives up to
its title. He gives us vivid and exciting glinifses of the most unusual aspects of Indian life. Or, when his material is-nOt new, he presents it from a new angle, which one would expect from a good journalist. Mr. Newman has spent most of his life as a journalist in India, and he therefore knows what is 'news.; So he "-
has written a book that should interest everybody, whether they know India or not. Though not what is known as an important book, it does make India live in a way that most of the earnest reminiscences 'of Anglo-Indians fail to do. Mr. Newman sees India not as a sort of extension of England (as so many do) but an utterly strange country whose essential life continues undisturbed by outward events. His book should be appreciated now that we are beginning to realise that western- ising is less important than indianisingd
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