2 APRIL 1927, Page 20

That grave-eyed, remarkable young Brahmin, who has had " greatness

" thrust upon him by the section of the 'Theo- sophical Society who believe that he is the coming Messiah— Mr. Khrishnamurti—has published a series of addresses he recently delivered in Holland under the title of The Kingdom of Happiness (Allen and Unwin. 3s. 6d.). We confess to slight prejudice on opening the volume, thinking we should find a mixture of Mrs. Besant and bathos, but on the contrary we found nothing of the sort. They are different to anything Mrs. Besant writes—she has an excellent style of her own— and full of sweetness, sincerity, freshness. We do not claim them to be profound disquisitions on life (such essays so often give us not help but a headache), but they ring true and are

well worth reading. * *