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Excerpt from The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review and Oriental and Colonial Record, Vol. 9: January-April, 1900
The subject with which I purpose to deal in this paper may appear at first sight to possess only an academical interest. But I venture to think that it has a practical as well as a historical aspect, which may not be nu attractive to those - and I would fain hope that I may include most, if not all, of my readers in this category who regard India not merely as a land of regrets and exile, but as a region which Claims our deepest sympathy and attention, which is full of instruction for us, and which a happy destiny - happy for us, and happy for its people has united with the British Empire - a union, let us hope, which future centuries will only serve to strengthen and cement more firmly and closely. If I ask them to consider particular portions of the past history of this much-coveted land, it is because the portions I have so selected present to our view a few cameos of the richest and most typical setting, which are not only in themselves deserving of our close attention, but which acquire a still greater importance when considered from the point of View of later events. 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.
