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Another volume of importance, to those whose study of Indian

affairs is more than cursory, is The Evolution of British Policy Towards Indian States, by Mr. K. M. Panikkar (S. K. Lahiri and Co., Calcutta : 3s.). The period dealt with in these six lectures is from 1774 to 1858. Mr. Panikkar is able to show clearly how the power of the Princes was at first deeply distrusted .by the East India Company, and how the attitude of the Princes in respect to the ruling power changed gradually to one of trust and confidence.