Book reviews and notices : GERALD STUDDERT-KENNEDY, Providence and the Raj: Imperial mission and missionary imperialism. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1998. 273 pp. Tables, notes, references, bibliography, index. Rs. 375 (hardback) AND KOJI KAWASHIMA, Missionaries and a Hindu state: Travancore 1858-1936. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. xi + 252 pp. Map, tables, notes, glossary, appendix, bibliography, index. Rs. 450 (hardback)