This is an authoritative presentation of the literary data concerning the status of women in India 2, 000 years ago. It is essentially a descriptive work: selecting the relevant passages from the ancient literature, on which Professor Meyer is an acknowledged authority. It would have gained in value had a few chapters been added summarizing and commenting on the data from the standpoint of our modern knowledge of the psychology of sexuality, but an author does well to refrain from attempting this difficult task unless he feels competent to carry it out adequately. As it is, the book needs another one to be written on the data it contains, and doubtless this will sometime be done. In the meantime the world of science must be grateful to the author for the painstaking accuracy with which he has presented a mass of data invaluable for the student of the history of civilization.