Miscellaneous Essays, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

The substance of the present memoir appeared in the Journal of theE oyal Asiatic Society soon after Mr. Colebrooke sdeath. It consisted originally of a brief notice of his public and literary career, interspersed with extracts from his letters to his family during the first twenty years of his residence in I ndia. Being asked a few years since to allow this notice to appear in a new edition of his Miscellaneous Essays, which Mr. Fitzedward Hall desired to re-publish, I thought it incumbent on me to render it more worthy of Mr. Colebrooke sreputation. The letters in the present volume are, for the most part, given in full; and some additional correspondence appears, which had escaped my search on the former occasion. I have also inserted a few papers of literary interest, including a Journal kept by him during his residence at Nagpur, which was left incomplete. Two addresses delivered to theE oyal Asiatic and Astronomical Societies, and the narrative of a journey to and from the capital of Berar, are given in an A ppendix, and complete the volume.
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