History of the Plague in Bombay (Classic Reprint)

Cl-;. I m; Plague of 1896-97 forms an incident of grave importance in the history of the city, and copious records will no doubt soon be published, with facts, figures and a vast multitude of small particulars so as to make such works as complete as possible, and, indeed, very valuable to a student of the subject. It is a question, however, if such records are equally interesting to the general reader. Dry details with labyrinths of figures and long disquisitions have a tendency to pall upon the reader, and only a few can be found with patience enough to read sucli tool;.
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