THORNTON'S HISTORY OF INDIA.. THE HISTORYAD OF TAR BRITISH EMPIRE IN INDIA, By Edward Thornton, Esq. 8vo., now in the course of publication. "Mr. Thornton is master of a style of great perspicuity and vigour, always interesting, and frequently rising into eloquence. His power of painting character, and of bringing before the eye of the reader the events which he relates, is remarkable; and if the knowledge of India can be made popular, we should say his is the pen to effect it."-Times. "Mr. Thornton's History is comprehensive in its plan, clear and forcible in its style, and impartial in its tone; so that when completed, it will form a standard work of considerable importance."-Globe. "Popular in its style, comprehensive in its details, and just in its estimate of events."-Salopian Journal. "The style of the work is free, rapid, and spirited, and bears marks of a thorough familiarity with the subject. Every Englishman ought to be acquainted with the history of the British Empire in India; and we therefore cordially recommend this work to our readers, reserving our definite judgment of its merits as an impartial, just, and complete history, till it is finished." Patriot. "Mr. Thornton thinks soundly, and has studied Indian affairs deeply; he is serious, industrious, and intent upon his task, and to all appearances thoroughly impartial; his style of composition is plain, but lucid and concise." Journal of Commerce. The writer evinces diligence and research into original authorities; his style is easy and perspicuous, and the intrinsic interest of the important events of Indian history is thus increased by a popular and amusing narrative."-Edinburgh Evening Courant. "The writer is well acquainted with his subject, and handles it in a masterly manner."-Liverpool Chronicle. "We recommend this work."Metropolitan Magazine. I THE THUGS OF INDIA. › ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF THE THUGS OF INDIA; and Notices of some of the Proceedings of the Government of India, for the Suppression of the Crime of Thuggee. One vol. 8vo. 158. cloth boards. M'COSH'S MEDICAL ADVICE. MEDICAL ADVICE TO THE INDIAN STRANGER, by John M'Cosh, M. D., Member of the Bengal Medical Service. Post 8vo. 5s. 6d. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "The Cadet may accept this little book as a valuable addition to his luggage. It contains, in a short space, a mass of useful information for Europeans visiting India. People of all classes will find something in it applicable to their particular circumstances and position; and to individuals connected with the Military or Civil Services, it will be especially valuable. The medical hints are thoroughly practical, and the notes upon climate and diet cannot be too earnestly commended to the attention of all our countrymen in the East."-Atlas. "Dr. M'Cosh's little volume teems with a variety of practical information."-Spectator. "Every one who has been in India, knows what suffering he would have avoided had he taken advice in time; and those who may have to go, will do well to take warning. This book will supply them with the means, being practical, and apparently the result of experience."-Britannia. "We cordially recommend the work as an exceedingly sensible, well written book, replete with useful and even valuable information."-Naval and Military Gazette. "This work has instructed and much amused us. The advice cannot but sink deep into the minds of those who have sense enough to desire to profit from the experience of a veteran Æsculapean campaigner in India.". -East India Telegraph. THE BUCHANAN PAPERS. EASTERN INDIA. THE HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, TOPOGRAPHY, AND STATISTICS OF EASTERN INDIA; comprising the Districts of Behar, Shahabad, Bhagulpoor, Goruckpoor, Dinagepoor, Puraniya, Rungpoor, and Assam, in relation to their Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. &c. Surveyed under the Orders of the Supreme Government, and collated from the Original Documents at the East-India House. By Montgomery Martin, Author of the "History of the British Colonies," &c. Complete in 3 vols. 8vo., with numerous Piates, £2 2s. cloth boards, lettered. "This work is one of the most valuable additions to the literature of the present day."-Literary Gazette. AUBER'S HISTORY OF INDIA. A HISTORY OF INDIA from 1600 to 1835. By Peter Auber, Esq., M. R. A. S., late Secretary to the Hon. East India Company. 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, £2 2s. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "This is an admirable book, and one that has long been much wanted. The style of the narrative is simple and perspicuous, and such as well consists with the dignity of history."-United Service Gazette. "The work cannot fail to present matter of great importance to all, but especially to the Indian reader.”—Times. "We give Mr. Auber great credit for the very clear arrangement of his materials, and the able manner in which every portion of the work is executed."-Naval and Military Gazette. "Mr. Auber is a surer guide than his great predecessor (Mill), to the true character of the events by which this empire has been created and consolidated. His narrative wears an air of calm, unruffled impartiality; he does not distract the attention by elaborate disquisition and commentary, but follows the current of events without interruption, and places the reader in complete possession of the main facts of the history he has undertaken to write. His style is clear, chaste, and unambitious. Taken as a whole, we have no hesitation in saying that it is the most complete and satisfactory history of the rise and progress of the British power in India, which the public possess.”—Friend of India. TOD'S WESTERN INDIA. TRAVELS IN WESTERN INDIA, embracing a visit to the Sacred Mountains of the Jains, and the most celebrated Shrines of the Hindu Faith, between Rajpootana and the Indus, and au Account of the Ancient City of Nehrwalla. By the late Lieut.Colonel James Tod, author of "The Annals of Rajast'han.” Royal 4to. £3 13s. 6d. cloth boards. *This Work is embellished with nine Plates and Vignettes, beautifully Engraved from Sketches by Mrs. Hunter Blair. "A work, which must be regarded as the most important, the most full, and the most interesting, that has ever appeared upon Western India."-Atlas "As a sequel to the Annals,' the present publication takes its place among the most valuable contributions to our knowledge of India."-Literary Gazette. NEW WORK THE LATE EMMA ROBERTS. NOTES of an OVERLAND through FRANCE e win arks upon Aden and and EGYPT to BOMBAY.C With a Memoir of Bombay. By the late Miss Emma Roberts. OPINIÓNS OF THE PRESS. 21 1 "Miss Roberts is entitled to the distinction of being the first writer who succeeded in furnishing sketches of Indian scenery, life, and manners, suited to the taste of European readers. The descriptions of the successive scenes and objects are written with the vivacity, ease, and fidelity, which characterise her former work."-Times, May 20, 1841. "We recommend the present volume to our public' as one of the most graphic and agreeable of travel that has issued from the press for many seasons."-Atlas. "The matter communicated is interesting, and the lively manner in which it is conveyed adds greatly to that interest.”Literary Gazette. "Her descriptions of Alexandria, Cairo, the Desert, Aden, and Bombay, are unequalled by any known traveller for their truth, fulness, and compass of observation."-East India Telegraph. "We shall only be doing justice to a work of so much real merit, usefulness, and originality, by expressing the great pleasure we have derived from its perusal, and by entreating for it a favourable reception from the public."-Britannia. "The writer of this pleasant volume has evidently allowed nothing worthy of note to escape her; and her account of the presidency of Bombay, which takes up nearly a third of the volume, is as valuable for the information it contains, as it is entertaining for the lively manner in which it is conveyed."New Monthly Magazine. "By persolating a similar journey, the book of course will be eagerly and not a few of its hints will be found profitable. The disposition and manner of the writer are worthy of close imitation."-Monthly Review. "These Notes' compose a very attractive volume, abounding with vivid delineations, of Eastern scenes, and with animated pictures of external life and manners."-Cheltenham Chronicle. "This is a volume of great interest."-Statesman. "It is impossible to read this work without a feeling of profound melancholy, for every page reminds us of the intellectual brightness which has passed away. Few writers have possessed, in a higher degree, the talent of making one an actual spectator of the scenes described, so vividly and truthfully are they brought before the mental eye."-Court Journal. "These Notes' exhibit the same spirit of observation, and are as replete with interesting descriptions of the gorgeous East, as the other productions of Miss Roberts."-Courier. Second Edition. In Two Vols. post 8vo. Cloth boards. Price 18s. These highly-amusing volumes are the result of three years' attentive observation of the Upper Provinces of Bengal, and of a twelvemonth's residence at Calcutta. The fidelity of the description has been attested by every competent judge. The work combines instruction with amusement, for it affords to persons about to visit India, the advantages and conveniences of a Hand-Book. "Miss Roberts's book, entitled Scenes and Characteristics of Hindostan, is the best of its kind. Other travellers have excelled her in depth and sagacity of remark, in extent of information, and in mere force or elegance of style; but there is. a vivacity, a delicacy, and a truth, in her light sketches of all that lay immediately before her, that have never been surpassed in any book of travels that is at this moment present to our memory. She had a peculiar readiness in receiving, and a singular power of retaining, first impressions of the most minute and evanescent nature. She walked through a street or a bazaar, and every thing that passed over the mirror of her mind left a clear and lasting trace. She was thus enabled, even years after a visit to a place of interest, to describe every thing with the same freshness and fidelity as if she had taken notes upon the spot. They who have gone over the same ground, are delighted to find in the perusal of her pages their own vague and halffaded impressions revived and defined by her magic glass, while the novelty and vividness of her foreign pictures make her home readers feel that they are nearly as much entitled to be called travellers as the fair author herself. They truly accompany her. They see with her eyes, and hear with her ears. They are present on the spot described. Her pictures have that air of sincerity and truth which we sometimes trace in a portrait, with the living original of which we may be wholly unacquainted. Her readers trust her, and resign the reins of their imagination into the author's hands."-Calcutta Literary Gazette. |