SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have-not teen reserved for review in other forms.) Burma. By Max and Bertha Ferrara. (Sampson Low, Mar- ston, and Co. 30s. net.) —This is a remarkably interesting and beautiful book. It is a picture, drawn from life, of Burmese manners and customs,—of the family, the school, the market, the temple. We will not quarrel with it because it has been painted in brighter colours than some observers would use. Burma undoubtedly shows the spirit of Buddhism at its best, for it is here more active than anywhere else. Our authors acknowledge that the relation of the sexes is not altogether such as might be desired, for a modified polygamy exists. Still, on the whole, it is evidently their conviction that the Burmese are about as -well conducted and as happy as any part of mankind. The great attraction of the book is in the photographic illustrations, which are as good in quality as they are abundant in quantity. There are four hundred and fifty-five in all, and of these forty-five are full-page illustrations. We have never seen a book in which the camera was used to better advantage.
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