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 THACKER, SPINK cV CO., CALCUTTA. 7

Crown Bvo., clolh, 7* net. Rs. 6.

CALCUTTA PAST AND PRESENT.

By KATHLEEN BLECHYNDEN.

Illustrated from Portraits and Engravings, with a Coloured Frontispiece.

Being' an outline Sketch of the principal events which have made a small

trading Settlement into the premier City of India, and containing much interesting

information regarding the old-time Buildings, Inhabitants, Customs, and Life in

general in Old Calcutta.

Capital.— "The authoress has arranged her material so well, that everything connected with the city and its fortunes passes before the reader in panoramic array. The social life of the inhabitants is depicted in entertaining fashion, and the streets, along with the pedigree of their names, will have n new and living interest to the reader after he rises from the banquet of the book."

Tie Stalttmait. — "She has succeeded in writing a gossipy volume, that will well repay the bestowal of a leisure hour. Miss Blechyndcn has added a pleasantly -eady adorned by the

Crown 8vo., cloth.

HARTLY HOUSE, CALCUTTA.

Reprinted from the Edition of 1789, with Notes by the late

JOHN MACFARLANE

(formerly Librarian of the Imperial Library, Calcutta}.

Introduction by Mr. G. W. BARWICK,

Preface by Mr. H. E. A. COTTON, and a Map.