Show Tales Prom From India Cast Mystic Spell 5 of Fascination FascinationS S Among ig the the Brahmins and Pariahs by J. J H. H Sauter Conveys First Hand 5 Experience S I Stories which will appeal to ev every every ev- ev ery cry student of ot India as well weB as 43 those of or casual curiosity will be found in Among The Brahmins and Pariahs by J. J H. H Sauter translated from the German by Bernard A little more intimate Intimate intimate inti inti- mate and consequently a little littlemore littlemore c more colorful and gripping than the average a travel book which hits only the Ule high spots the book bool is at once interesting and informative This book written by a German German German Ger Ger- man has attracted so much attentiOn attention atten atten- tion tUrn as a faithful and dramatic representation of native Indian life that its translation into English was inevitable On its appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance In England it was freely ad admitted ad that in all the English literature lit literature literature lit lit- on this subject intimate as has been the connection be between between between be- be tween England arid ad India there is no volume that gives Indian life so vividly and actually Th This is I principally due to the fact that the book rather than a record of ot passIn passin pass- pass In Impressions is the life lite story Ofa of ofa ofa a man who lived in India as a a. native Thus he was privileged to witness witness witness wit wit- ness much that In general remains hidden from Western eyes For this he was largely indebted to a a. Hindu noble It was however to toa a certain British Inspector that he be owed his introduction to the seamIer seamier seam seam- ier side of ot things The author gives us a a. vivid description of an anol ol opium lum den and admits that he heI I succumbed to what at first APpeared appeared appeared ap AP- ap- ap to him to be a wholly distasteful distasteful dis dis- dia- dia tasteful vice S But this Is hot hotto to say that his hi book leans toward the lower as aspects aspects aspects as- as of ot life in Indian cities and hamlets On the contrary there is iser er very much to learn from theauthor tho the author of ot the various arlous religious systems systems ss s's and what they mean to In In- In dia Swamis and fakirs are arc Introduced in introduced introduced In- In with pleasant intimacy and there are passages of ot great In- In terest which tell teU of or those curious states states of ot being into which certain Indians can project themselves The contents show aho a a. pleasant varie variety Nothing more terrible could be imagined than the au- au with a a. nan man who had bad be been n buried burled alive or hiS hW de des description de- de s ot of famines IIri and l plagues plague but Ui the r reverse v side sido of the Is se seen n In his chapter on native 9 Ne New NewYork students students students-Bo I Lf York |