WORKS BY SIR WILLIAM WILSON HUNTER —continued.
THE INDIAN EMPIRE:
ITS HISTORY, PEOPLE, AND PRODUCTS.
‘Never before has the whole subject of Indian history been so adequately andso intelligibly treated.’— The Pall Mall Gazette .
‘ A compact body of information, arranged and classified on correct principles. ’—The Academy.
‘A model of combined lucidity, conciseness, and comprehensiveness.’— The Economist .
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INDIAN PEOPLE.
Twentieth Edition, Seventy-Eighth Thousand, 3s. 6d.
‘ Within the compass of some 250 pages we know of no history of the peopleof India so concise, so interesting, and so useful for educational purposes as this.’— The London School Board Chronicle.
* By far the best manual of Indian History that has hitherto been published,and quite equal to any of the Historical Series for Schools edited by Dr.Freeman.’— The Times of India.
‘ The publication of the Hon. Sir W. W. Hunter’s School History of Indiais an event in literary history.’— Reis & Ray yet.
A LIFE OF THE EARL OF MAYO,
FOURTH VICEROY OF INDIA.
Second Edition, Two Vols., 24s.
‘The picture presented to us of the late Lord Mayo is a fair and noble one,and worthy of the much-lamented original.’— Edinburgh Review.
‘ This masterly work has two great recommendations : it is the vividly andfaithfully told narrative of the life of a man ; and it contains a lucid andcomprehensive history of recent administration in India .’— The World.
Fourth Thousand, One Vol., 2s. 6d.
‘ A brief but admirable biography.’— The Times.
‘ The world is indebted to the author for a fit and attractive record of whatwas eminently a noble life.’— The Academy.
FAMINE ASPECTS OF BENGAL DISTRICTS.
Second Edition, 7s. 6d.
‘ One of the boldest efforts yet made by statistical science. ... In this workhe has laid down the basis of a system, by which he may fairly claim thatscarcity in Bengal has been reduced to an affair of calm administrative calcula-tion.’— Daily News.
A LIFE OF THE MARQUESS OF DALHOUSIE.
Fourth Thousand, 2s. 6d.
‘An interesting and exceedingly readable volume.’— The Times.
‘ It can be read at a sitting, yet its references—expressed or implied—suggestthe study and observation of half a lifetime.’— The Daily News.
‘A brilliantly written account of the life and work of that able ruler of men,the Marquis of Dalhousie .’— Asiatic Quarterly Revieiv.
* Never have we been so much impressed by the great literary abilities ofSir William Hunter as we have been by the perusal of “The Marquess ofDalhousie.” ’— Evening News.
BOMBAY, 1885 to 1890.
A STUDY IN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION.
(One Volume: Clarendon Press.)
‘ Few living writers have done so much as Sir William Hunter to makeBritish India and its government intelligible to English readers.’— The Times.