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THE SEVEN CITIES OF DELHI.

By GORDON RISLEY HEARN,

Captain Royal Engineers. With 24 111 ustrat ions, and Plans.

CONTENTS.

Modern Delhi and the Ridge— The Plains to the South of Delhi — The Seven Cities of Delhi — Old Delhi — Siri, Tughlukabad and Jaganpanah — Firozabad and the Delhi of Sber Shah — Shah Jahanabad —Delhi before the Moghal Conquest — Delhi in Moghal Times — Delhi nndet "John Company" — The Mutiny of 1857, and the Siege -Delhi since .857.

Western Morning Nents.— " It is abundantly illustrated from photographs by the author, and sevetal plans are also given 1 intending travellers will do well to furnish themselves with a work that is distinctly superior to the general run of its kind." KUTB M1NAR.

Glasgow Herald. — " Utilising the best authorities on the subject, and bringing to bear his own considerable knowledge, the author tells the stories of the various foundations, thereafter extending a compact and lucid narrative of development onwards to the proclamation of the British Emperor of India in 1903. . . . Good plans, many beautiful illustrations, and a useful index enhance the value of

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THE PARISH OF BENGAL, 1678 to 1788.

By H. B. HYDE, MA.

(A Senior Chaplain on H.M.'s Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment). Englishman. — " Upon every page is something of interest and of charm . . . there has seldom been a book better worth buying, better worth reading, and better worth keeping than Mr. Hyde's latest contribution to the history of old Calcutta."