The reception of the Prince of Waleikt Bombay on November
8 seems to have been a great success. lie landed under a salute which was immediately repeated in every cantonment in India, and was received by seventy princes and nobles, among whom were the rulers of Mysore and Baroda, the Premier of Hydra- bad, and the Maharana of Oodeypore, the first in rank of all Hindoos. The whole population turned out, and was swelled by 200,000 visitors from the country ; the crowds cheered like Englishmen, and the illumination at night was one of those astonishing displays which only a willing people can manage. The Prince is reported gracious, so gracious that more princes are hurrying up to see him, and from the few speeches given, he has evidently learned the difference between one native Prince and another. We have described some of the arrangements else- where, and they appear to be excellent, but the Prince should be warned not to give books. The native nobles are not college students, and will neither approve the books themselves, nor much of what they may read in them. A sword, a rifle, or a portrait can be treasured, but the Oriental world scarcely yet regards a book as a fitting gift to anyone but a schoolboy.
