25 MAY 1929, Page 30

One of the most curious books .on the East that

we have lately come across is An :Indian Journey, by Waldemar Bonsels (Allen and Unwin,.- 7s. 6d.)-, Mr. Bonsels appears to have been a very unusual, net to .say eccentric, traveller, and his book gives the reader a very unusual, not to say eccentric, yet by no means inaccurate view of Southern India. We doubt, however, whether it would appeal to those who do not know the country, but those who do know it may gain from these pages a fresh insight-especially in the concluding chapters-into the meaning of Hinduism and the mind of Brahmins.