Stories of Indian Christian Life. By Samuel Satthisnedham and Ramala
Satthianadham. (W. B. Clive.)—These twelve stories are the work of a husband and wife, and are for the most part of considerable interest. "The Rev. Charles Softleigh's Renowned Convert" is one of the best. The "renowned con- vert" is an impostor who takes in a credulous missionary, and the incident is described with no little humour. Our authors, though zealous workers for the conversion of their compatriots, do not hesitate to point out the weak spots. In another style, and good of its kind, is the tale of the wooing of Paripnranum, though this too has its touch of humour in the portraiture of the pompous Zachariah Pillai, and of Miss Fossyl, who thinks that the "natives" ought not to be encouraged. The stories are written for the most part in good English, but they would have been better for a little revision. "Expostulated for an increase of salary" would hardly have been allowed to stand.
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