(x) essay on the necessity for introspection and social reform, and an exposition of the British work in India painted in true perspective. Both works throw merciless ridicule upon the stupidities of boycott, and show plainly the evils that arise from it and from like fanatical errors.' From the Englishman, dated Saturday, June 24, 1911, On occasions like the Crowning of the King, one is likely to forget the claims of the aged and the poor. In Calcutta, however, by the generosity of a single public-spirited citizen, Vihari Lala Mitra, the well-known philanthropist, the "Refuge' on Coronation Day was the scene of an unique gathering of the poor, The "Refuge,' the “Home of the Homeless, Helpless and the Hopeless of Calcutta, ' is an institution which is doing excellent work in our midst. Vihari Lala Mitra has only recently made a handsome donation of Rs. 75,000 to the "Refuge. The Coronation banquet provided for the town did more to bring home to the submerged hundred of Calcutta the tremendous significance of the ceremony at Westminister Abbey. Poverty is a great levelling force and there at the banquet sat side by side Hindus, Moslems, and the countless eastes of India regardless of the canons of caste lar. It is no small privilege to bring
