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WORKS rXJBX.ISIIEr) EY
NEW WORKS ON INDIA AND THE EAST.
Christianity in India. By John William Kaye,
Author of " Life of Lord Metcalfe," &c.
8 vo, price 16s., cloth.
" Mr. Kave has written a history of the
develop-n.ent of Christianity in India by all its agencies
unit all its manifestations. . . . His whole
narrative is eloquent and informing, and he has
»gain made a valuable use of his great
opportunities and indisputable talents, so that his book
-tvill probably become a standard authority."—
Timet.
" The author traces the history of Christian
Missions in India from their earliest
commencement down to the present time, with a light
and graceful pen, and is not wearisomely minute,
but judiciously discriminative."—Athenæum.
" Air. Kaye’s is, in many respects an able book,
and it is likely to prove a very useful one. Mr.
Kaye is not only most instructive from his
familiarity with all points of detail, but he sees and
judges everything as it was seen andjudged hy
the great statesmen whose wisdom lias made
British government possible in India."—Saturday
Review.
" Seldom have we had the good fortune to read
so simple, thorough, and excellent a history: it
will remain a standard book."—Horning Chronicle.
"Mr. Kaye has done good sen-ice to the cause
of Christian missions by the publication of his
volume."—Illustrated News of the World.
" A clear and careful retrospect of tlie rise and
progress of Christianity in the
East."—Blade-wood’s Magazine.
Personal Adventures during the Indian
Rebellion, in Rohilcund, Futteghur, and Oude. By W.
Edwakds, Esq., B.C.S.
Fourth Edition. Post 8vo, price 6s. cloth.
" For touching incidents, hair-breadth ’scapes,
and the pathos of suffering almost incredible,
there hns appeared nothing like this little book of
personal adventures. For the first time we seem
to realize the magnitude of the afflictions which
have belallen our unhappy countrymen in the
East. The terrible drama comes before us, and we
are by turns bewildered with horror, stung to
tierce indignation, and melted to tears.....
We have here a tale of suffering such as may have
been equalled, hut- never surpassed. These real
adventures, which no effort of the imagination
can surpass, will find a sympathising public."—
Athenæum.
"Mr. Edwards’s narrative is one of the most
deeply interesting episodes of a. story of which
the least striking portions cannot be read without
emotion. lie tells his stor.v with simplicity and
manliness, and it bears the impress of that
earnest and unaffected reverence to the will and
hand of God, which was the stay and comfort
of many other brave hearts."—Guard an.
" The narrative of Mr. Edwards’s suffering and
escapes is full of interest; it tells many a painful
tale, lmt it also exhibits a man patient under
adversity, and looking to the God and Father of us
all for guidance and support."—Eclectic lleview.
"Among the stories of hair-breadth escapes in
India this is one of the most interesting and
touching."—Exa mi ner.
" A fascinating little book."—National Review.
"A very touching narrative."—Lit. Gazette.
"No account of it can do it justice."—Globe.
The Vital Statistics of the European and
Native Armies in India. By Joseph Ewart, M.D.,
Bengal Medical Service.
Demy Svo, price 9s. cloth.
"A valuable work, in which Dr. Ewart, with
equal industry and skill, has compressed the
essence and import of an immense mass of
details."—Spectator.
" One main object of this most valuable volume
is to point out the causes which render the Indian
climate so fatal to European troops."— Critic.
A Ladys Escape from Gwalior, during the
Mutinies of 1857. By Mrs. Cooi>land.
Post 8vo, price 10s. 6d.
" A plain, unvarnished tale, told in the simplest
manner."—Press.
" This book is valuable as a contribution to the
history of the great Indian rebellion."—Athenæum.
" The merit of this book is its truth. ... It
contains some passages that never will he read
by Englishmen without emotion."—Examiner.
Indian Scenes and Characters, Sketched
from Life. By Prince Alexis Soltykoff.
Sixteen Plates in Tinted Lithography, with Descriptions. Edited by
Edw. B. Eastwick, Esq., F.Ii.S. Colombier Folio.
Ilalf-bound in Morocco, Prints, 3l. 3s.; Proofs (only 50 copies printed), 4/. 4s.
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