SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Under this heading we notice- such Books of the week as have not bees reserved for review in other forms.] Below the Surface. By Major-General Fendall Currie. (A. Constable and Co. 6s.)—It is in India that General Currie would have ns look "below the surface." Those who do so will not, he thinks, when they have finished their inspection, have conceived a great respect for the policy of Lord Ripon, or be inclined to accept the propositions of Sir William Wedderbnrn and Mr. Naoroji. Government by natives without European supervision is not, he thinks, a success. At Fyzabad, "the octroi posts are filled up with the members' relatives, who keep carts and men and women waiting at the barriers until paid a fee to let them pass," and who pass in without duty the members' goods. -These are,vf-ceurse, matters-of which very few people are coma patent to form a judgment. Our author has a considerable experience to go upon, and is at least entitled to be heard. More we cannot say. It should be added that there are various non- controversial matters treated in the volume, and that some generally interesting reading may be found in it.
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