19 MAY 1928, Page 28

THE BUILDER. By Flora Annie Steel. (The Bodley Head.: '?.

6d.)—This is the last of Mrs. Steel's epics of the Moglitil• gmperors of India and is as picturesque and full ofsolour as its threepredeceillors. The building of the-Taj Mahal is a-fitting: -sUbject Air romance and the tragedy of the revolt of Aurungzeb is ably described. Even Mrs. Steel finds a difficulty in making -the characters live, so far removed are they in place, age, and standpoint ; but the book is interesting as an historical record and is written with the author's well-known skill and knowledge.