2 SEPTEMBER 1899, Page 24

Haunts and Hobbies of an Indian Official. By Mark Thornhill.

(John Murray. Cs.)—This book is an expansion of a diary kept by an English official in India. It does not pretend to describe momentous events or to give general views. But it records a series of interesting observations made day by day of the habits of animals, the features of scenery, and the habits and customs of natives ; and here and there old stories and legends picked up in connection with old residents are thrown in. The result is a pleasant and interesting book giving a rather fuller, if less brilliant, picture of life in India than does the usual traveller's volume of experiences.