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 418 REVIEWS OP BOOKS Western Industrialism in its modern phase with its  exclu. sire adherence to the principle of division of labor, is deficient organization towards general well-being." The second quoftiou is followed by five pages (pp. 448-5) of confident assertleto ss to what India will and will nbt do. We have never come across any author who claimed such omni./en powers of prophesy. There is much to be said in favor of the line of seenernie development which the author fore- shadows in this prophesy. Had he stated these 'ideas as  program of reform to which all efforts st economic develop- ment should be directed, so that they might give, under the conditions he has rtrayed, the resnits that be prophesies, they would have commanded much respect and attention. As it stands, this section is a grave blemish on the book. Further, it is impossible but to feel that the author has only a superficial knowledge of the economic and social history of Western Europe. Had he studied tha history in detail, he would have been justified in makiug his frequent comparisons with western conditions which now usually miss their mark, and he would have avoided basing some of his criticisms of the western economic order on the one-sided view presented by the opinions of some of the socialist writers he quotes. Having said so much to warn the reader to be on his guard, we are glad to add that them is much in the book that we appreciate and value. It is refreshing to find an Indian economist striking out a new direction o! thought in relation to the industrial development of India. We agree-with Professor Mukerjee that the serious social evils which have been associated with the industrial develop- ment in the West should be avoided in India by better organization of society; but it will need a great education of the public to do this which has not yet begun. If things are allowed to develop unguided, social conditions seem to us likely to become quite as bad. as they were a Europe. Professor Mukerjee remarks on the growth of individualism and deplores the squalid slums n Bombay and Calcutta. Why, then, is he so optimistic that India will not follow the western lines of development? It appears to us that there is a danger hat most of the bad fea- tures of .European industrial development will be exhibited in India unless a great campaign of propaganda in eduea-