Hindustani Workers on the Pacific Coast by R. K. Das (review)

364 TI-IE CANADIAN HISTORICAL REVIEW to the heart of his theme in saying, "So habenwir keine profaneKunst, sondern eine Kunst vor uns, die ihrem Ursprung nach religi6s ist" (p. 7). But this applies to a great sectionof European art too. It is a moot questionwhether the shapesof fat and oil bowlsand spoonswere formed in imitation of oil and fat-producing animals. Rather, it would seem, they representedthose of the owners'totems. Indeed,if this werenot so,howdoesHerr Adam explainthe spoonwith an eagleashandleon plate 47? The clubson plate 48 are probably war clubsandonlyincidentallyusedforkillinglargefish. The right-handone of the three is surely a tomahawk with a double point for "skullcracking ". The bibliography is very meagre. No note is taken of Mr. HillTout 's work on the Salish and D•ng. How is the non-student of Amerind philologyto knowthe pronunciation of suchwordsasQ!l•'-igAfia na'as (p. 39) and Baxbakualanuxsiwa• (p. 40), unless he is awarethat (!) is the "fortis", (a) the continental(a), (')=a hiatus, fi=ng, etc.? An indexand a map would haveenhancedthe utility of Herr Adam'sbook, and the platesshouldhave beensuppliedwith short descriptivetexts. But theseare mere blemishes. The author has broken new ground in Germany. L. HAm•.TON Hindustani Workers on the Pacific Coast. By R. K'. D_•s. Berlin: Walter De Gruyter & Co. 1923. Pp. viii, 126. DR. R•jx•i K•TX DAs,who,accordingto the title-page, is now lecturer in Economicsat New York University, and who was formerly Special Agentin the Departmentof Labourofthe UnitedStates,tellsusin the prefaceof his book that "although the Hindustaneesin Americaare insignificantin number, they representa great nation. The interpretationoftheirlifeto theAmerican people isoneof theobjects ofthis study." This monograph, whichiswrittenin somewhat quaintEnglish, is certainlythe outcomeof prolonged studies. Dr. Das has,of course, dealt with the Hindus in Canada. But in spite of the comparative lengthof the bookstuden'ts of Canadianaffairswill find little of value that is not contained in the Canada Year Books. The work is very impartiallydone. A gooddeal--nay, the bulk of it--has reallynothing to do with the matter suggested by the title. Indeed, we feel that Dr. Das hasmissedan opportunity to deal with a very interestingsubject that hasmanyaspects. In reference to Canada,hehasmissed the imperialproblemsraisedby the presence of Hindustaneesin the Dominion. On the other hand, much in the book is the ordinary information found REVIEWS OF BOOKS 365 in immigration and railway folder literature. In fact, the wholevolume could have easily been "boiled down" into twenty-five pages,and lost nothing by the process. L. HAMI•.TON The CanadianAnnual Reviewof Public Affairs, 1922. By J. HOPKINS. Toronto: The Canadian Review Company. 1923. Pp. 1046; illustrations. THE appearanceof .this, the twenty-second volume of the Canadian Annual Review,hasalmost synchronizedwith the lamented death of its author. For twenty-two years Mr. Castell Hopkins wrote, almost wholly with hisownhand, a seriesof annualvolumesthe value of which it would be difficult to over-estimate,and the like of which is not to be foundevenin countriesmuchlargerand wealthier than Canada. Their encyclopaedicrange, their scrupulousaccuracy, their impartial tone, place them in a classby themselves. The reader may perhaps have reasonto complainoccasionallyof diffuseness, but never of scantiness of information,inaccuracy,or bias. Indeed,onemay readvolumeafter volume of the serieswithout discoveringwhether Mr. Castell Hopkins wasa Liberal or a Conservative,an Orangemanor a Roman Catholic, a Communistor a Capitalist. To saythis is to pay a very great tribute to a writer who, outsidethe pagesof his Annual Review,could express the most decidedopinions. As was natural, the CanadianAnnual Reviewhasgrownfrom small things to great. Year after year Mr. Castell Hopkins'sindustry and zeal added one new feature after another, until we find the latest issue coveringalmostevery conceivable phaseof currenthistoryin Canada. It surveysnot only politicalaffairs,imperial,dominion,and provincial, but it deals alsowith Canadian literature, art and music, education, scienceand journalism, the work of the churches,and the work of organizationsfor socialbetterment, as well as a great variety of other national bodies. A usefulfeature of the presentvolume is an historical supplement Which Mr. Castell Hopkins hereintroduced for the first time. For many yearshe had publishedin a financialand industrial supplementsuchdocumentsas the annual addresses of bank presidents and otherleadingfinanciers. In the presentvolumehebrought together in a secondsupplementa number of addresses and documents relating to current political history...