Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ... arduous and less varied than Malcolm's. Munro, on the other hand, was older than Malcolm. It is characteristic of the latter that, although a year or two before, when he had never thought of Tom Munro competing with him for a Government, he had frequently, in his private letters, bewailed his old friend's decaying powers, he would not now utter a word in disparagement of the qualifications of his successful rival. Munro had been for some time extremely deaf, and his eyesight also was failing. Malcolm, indeed, had besought him to go to England for the restoration of his impaired powers of vision; but I cannot find in a single letter written after Munro's elevation an allusion to these infirmities. He had only the most generous praise, warm from a heart whose affection no rivalry could diminish or disappointment taint, to bestow upon the men who had passed Mm in the race. But there were those against whom he believed that he did well to be angry. Rightly or wrongly I know not, but it was his rooted conviction that there were those in England who pretended to be his friends, but who were not unwilling to sacrifice his interests. Against all such impostors Malcolm levelled his indignation in the following letter to his wife: "I have received your letters of the 15th of July, and with it the news of my friend Munro's appointment. I am within a few days of completing the last tour I shall make in Malwah. A few months will enable me to wind up my labors, and I proceed to Calcutta to embark for England, where I shall arrive in a disposition that will convince you that I am capable of taking my own part," of distinguishing between the real and the lukewarm friend, Malcolm's Supersession. 315 and of giving more value to the man who does not conceal his ind...
