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MONSOON. By Wilfrid David. (Hamish Hamilton. 7s. 6d.) —Mr. David

combines spotlights on European sophistication with sidelights on; the Indian. problem. His. book has a tiring kind of brilliance due largely to startling adjectives, and we hope that the future which his publishers foresee for him will be a little quieter.