Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon. (Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Company.)—This
very sumptuous volume, with its eight hundred and sixty-seven quarto pages and its illustrative photographs numbering nearly three thousand, is well worthy of its subject. Every branch of it—and there are more than twescore of such branches—is treated by an expert. Mr. C. M. Fernando deals with the history, his article being supplemented by ono by Mr. E. W. Perera on "Ceylon under British Rule" (1706-1906). Then we have articles on the government, central and local, on the legal system in operation, on the fauna and the botany of the island, on its forests and agri- culture, with detailed accounts of its specialities, such as tea, cocoa, cocoanut, spices. Fisheries generally, and the pearl fishery in particular, are treated of. (Last year's gross' produce was Rs. 1,576,744, the year preceding having reached the maximum amount of Rs. 2,461,070.) The various religions communities, with their organisation and personalities, are also described.
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