The Stranger. By Arthur Bullard. (Macmillan. 7s. 6d. net.)—This American
story deals with the contrast between the Western and Eastern ideals as to what is the best purpose to which life can be devoted. The Eastern stand- point is taken by an American brought up in Morocco, who contrasts the religion of Mohammed with the religion of Christ in a manner exceedingly favourable to the former. Perhaps, if the author of the book had visited the more Oriental parts of Morocco, he would not consider that the standard of health and happiness of the Moors was superior to that of the Americans. The Stranger gives a series of arguments in favour of the seclu- sion of women, which is hardly borne out by visits to the ladies themselves, whose existence is chiefly passed not in meditation, but in gossip. The study of the prisons also leaves something to be desired, and altogether the special pleading of the book in favour of Morocco versus America should not be too readily believed in by the intelligent reader.
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