3 NOVEMBER 1888, Page 23

Next-of-Kin Marriages in Old Inn. By D. D. P. Sunjana,

B.A. (Trilbner and Co.)—The author defends his co-religionists in past ages from the charge of practising marriage between closely related members of a family. He contends that the classical authors who make it were misinformed, and that the passages quoted from the sacred books of Zoroastrianism in support do not really bear this meaning. We cannot pretend to have an opinion on the point, and mention the book, which is written in fair though not irreproachable English, as an interesting sign of culture in the Parsee community. The author, we should say, holds a fellowship founded by Sir Jamshedji Zarthosti.