The High - Caste Hindu Woman. By Ramabai. (G. Bell and Co.)—Dr.
Bodley, in her introduction, gives a sketch of the life and work of Amandibai Joshee and Pundita Ramabai Sarasvati, and of the object of the publication of this sketch of the Indian widow's life. Amandibai Joshee, having taken a medical degree (the first ever conferred on a Hindoo woman), was appointed to the Female Ward of the Albert Edward Hospital, Kolhapnr, where she shortly died. Ramabai is working for the accomplishment of a scheme to take the form of a boarding-school for Indian widows. In a few brief, succinct pages, she describes the career of a high-caste woman before, during, and after marriage, with the sufferings and the penalties attaching to widowhood. It is sincerely to be hoped that her object will be gained. The perusal of this volume can scarcely fail to interest many in the fate of thousands of Hindoo women.
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