"No man, who hath tasted learning, but will confess the many ways of profiting by those, who not contented with stale receipts, are able to manage and set forth new positions to the world: and were they but as the dust and cinders of our feet, so long, as in that notion, they may yet serve to polish and brighten the armoury of truth; even for that respect they were not utterly to be cast away.”—MILTON.

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ART. I.-THE PLAINS OF THE LOWER GANGES.

1. The Bengal and Agra Gazeteer, 1840-41

2. Tassin's Map of Bengal

ART. II.-LORD WELLESLEY'S ADMINISTRATION.

1. Memoirs and Correspondence of the most noble Richard,

Marquess Wellesley, &c. &c., by R. R. Pearce, Esq.,

London, Richard Bentley, 1846

2. Historical Sketches of Statesmen who flourished in the

time of George the Third, by Henry, Lord Brougham,

&c. &c., Third series, London, Charles Knight and

Co. 1843.

3. The Despatches, Minutes, and Correspondence of the

Marquess Wellesley, 5 vols. London, W. Allen and

Co. 1837.

4. Mill's History of British India, vol. VI.

5. Thornton's History of British India, vol. III.

ART. III.—SURAT-ITS PAST AND PRESENT.

1. Forbes' Oriental Memoirs

2. Mill's History of British India

3. Le Voyage de M. De Thevenot

4. Ovington's Voyage

5. Fryer's East Indies and Persia

6. Coryate's Crudities

t

ib.

ART. IV. THE ACTS OF THE GOVERNOR GE-

NERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL.

29

ib.

ib.

ib.

ib.

103

ib.

ib.

ib.

ib.

ib.

1. The Government Gazette and Acts of the Legislative

Council of India

138

2. The Acts of the Legislative Council of India, with a

Glossary; an Analytical Abstract prefixed to each Act,

and Copious Index, by William Theobald, Esq.

Barrister at Law and Advocate of the Supreme

Court. Calcutta, 1844

ART. V.-COMMERCIAL MORALITY AND COM-
MERCIAL PROSPECTS IN BENGAL.

The Bengal Hurkaru, the Englishman, and the Star News-

papers, Calcutta; and the Friend of India, Seram-

pore; for December 1847, and January and February

1848

Evidences relative to the Efficiency of Native Agency in the

Administration of the Affairs of this Country. Cal-

cutta, 1844

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ART. VI.-THE CUTTACK TRIBUTARY MEHALS-

RECENT OPERATIONS AGAINST UNGOOL.

1. An Account, Geographical, Statistical and Historical of

Orissa Proper, or Cuttack. By A. Stirling, Esq.

2. The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazeteer.

Calcutta, 1841

190

3. Minute by A. J. M. Mills, Esq., on the Tributary Me-

hals, 1847. (Manuscript Copy)

4. Various Official Documents (hitherto unpublished)

MISCELLANEOUS CRITICAL NOTICES.

1. Panoroma of the city of Dacca, lithographed and pub-

lished by Messrs. Dickenson, 114, New Bond Street.

ART. VII.—DR. WILSON'S LANDS OF THE BIBLE.

The Lands of the Bible visited and described, in an exten-

sive journey undertaken with special reference to the

Promotion of Biblical research and the advancement

of the cause of philanthropy. By John Wilson,

D.D., F.R.S., &c. &c. With maps and illustrations.

Edinburgh William Whyte and Co.-London:

Longman and Co. Dublin: W. Curry and Co.,

1847. Calcutta: Messrs. Thacker and Co., Messrs.

Ostell and Co.; Messrs. Hay and Co.

163

ART. VIII.-THE EFFICIENCY OF NATIVE AGEN-
CY IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOY.

138

221

ib.

ib.

ib.

CONTENTS.

2. The India Register of Medical Science, Edited by Ed-

ward Edlin, M. D. Part 1. W. Ridsdale

3. A Brief View, Historical Statistical, &c. of the French in

India, in Past and Present Times, &c. &c., by W. F.

B. Laurie, Lieut, Madras Artillery. Calcutta, Thack-

er and Co.

DR. FORBES' ELEMENTARY WORKS IN PERSIAN AND

HINDUSTANI:-

4. Grammar of the Persian Language.

To which is

added, a Selection of Easy Extracts for Reading,

together with a copious Vocabulary. By Duncan

Forbes, A.M. 2d Edition, greatly improved, and con-

siderably enlarged. Royal 8vo. cloth

Grammar of the Hindustani Language, in the Oriental

and Roman Characters: with numerous Copperplate

Illustrations of the Persian and Devanagari Systems

of Alphabetic Writing. To which is added, a copious.

Selection of Easy Extracts for Reading in the Per-

sian, Arabic and Devanagari Characters, forming a

complete Introduction to the Bagh-o-Bahar; together

with a Vocabulary and explanatory Notes. By Dun-

can Forbes, A.M. 8vo. cloth

Hindustani Manual: a Pocket Companion for those who

visit India in any capacity, intended to facilitate the

essential attainments of conversing with fluency,

and composing with accuracy, in the most useful of

all the languages spoken in our Eastern Empire.-

IN TWO PARTS.-Part I. A Compendious Grammar,

and Exercises on its more prominent Peculiarities ;

with a Selection of useful Phrases and Dialogues on

familiar Subjects.-II. A Vocabulary of useful Words,

English and Hindustani; shewing at the same time

the difference of Idiom between the two Languages.

By Duncan Forbes, A.M. 18mo. cloth

Bagh-o-Bahar; consisting of Entertaining Tales. By

Mir Amman, of Delhi. A New Edition, carefully

collated with original Manuscripts, having the essen-

tial Vowel points and Punctuation marked throughout.

To which is added, a Vocabulary of the Words occur-

ring in the Work. By Duncan Forbes, A.M. Royal

8vo. cloth.