REVIEWS.
Books on India and the East.
1. The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An account of the Countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their Inhabitants, written by Duarte Barbosa, and completed about the year 1518 A.D.; edited by Mansel Longworth Dames: vol. i., Hakluyt Society, 1918.
2. The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulūb, composed by Hamd-Allah Mustawfi of Qazwin in a.h. 740, A.D. 1340. Translated by G. le Strange, and printed for the Trustees of the E. W. Gibb Memorial. London, Luzac & Co. 1919.
3. The Oxford History of India, from the Earliest Times to the end of 1911. By Vincent A. Smith, C.I.E. Oxford, The Clarendon Press. 1919.
4. Madras District Gazetteer. Salem, by F. J. Richards, I.C.S., vol. i. parts i. ii. Madras, 1918.
5. A History of the Sikhs, from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej. By Joseph Davey Cunningham, edited by H. L. O. Garrett. Oxford University Press, 1918.
Duarte Barbosa, unlike other writers of his time in India, was not a casual visitor to the country who compiled the account of his travels from ill-digested, casual information. He made an extensive voyage through the Eastern seas, and lived in the cities of Southern India between 1506 and 1516. He had thus ample opportunities for learning the native languages and studying the manners and customs of the people. He was a
