Luzac Cos Oriental List

Excerpt from Luzac's Oriental List, Vol. 16: January to December, 1905 We have read with great interest the Le Bas Prize Essay for 1904, by Mr. R. Paton Mc Aufliffe, which has been published under the title The Nizam: the Origin and Future of the Hyderabad State. In this essay the author sets out to trace the origin of the Hyderabad State, which, as he well points out, is to investigate the stages of a protracted and unfinished evolution, and, inasmuch as no history has hitherto been published dealing exclusively with the affairs of Hyderabad, his work may be said to a certain extent to break fresh ground. He has certainly spared no pains in ransacking all available sources of information upon his subject, and as a result he has produced what may be considered a valuable and scholarly contribution to the study of Indian history. We shall look with interest for further contributions from the same pen. Actual India: an Outline for the General Reader is designed by its author Mr. Arthur Sawbell as a brief introduction to the study of Indian affairs, and we hope that it will serve to diminish to some extent the general ignorance which undoubtedly prevails in England with regard to the system, objects, and achievements of British Rule in India. The book is concisely written, and though it does not run to more than 120 pages, it succeeds in conveying to the reader a general view of the principles on which our Indian administration is based. A short chapter devoted to Indian geography is followed by three which describe how India is governed, and by others on the defence of India, her foreign policy, the cost of administration, industrial development, etc. In his last chapter the author seeks to trace the effects of British influence on India, and though we agree with much that he says, we think he underestimates to some extent the permanence of the material changes introduced during our occupation of the country We may add that the book is provided with an excellent map of the Indian Empire. (See p. 233). We are glad to welcome a new edition of Dr. Pope's Tamil Handbook which has just been issued under the title A Handbook of the ordinary dialect of the Tamil Language. The first edition was published some fifty years ago, and the new edition of the work is the seventh that has made its appearance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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