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 business. Even a visit to England has not dispelled this fear. Then how wise are his observations upon the waste of time, and the vice of unpunctuality, which causes in the aggregate more unhappiness than crime, and upon the greater merit of monogamy, "in view of the demands modern civilization makes upon our energies and thoughts." Upon dress he leaves nothing more to be said, and has always had the good taste and good sense to rejoice in the far more beautiful Indian costumes he invariably wears even in Europe. He abstains, with more politeness than sincerity, I suspect upon this one occasion, from saying ours "is an ugly dress," and is content to observe that "it is purely European and so unfitted for Hindus." How justly does he urge his readers not to be too submissive to Europeans, but to be natural, and how shrewd is his remark that "except in business matters Europeans