ADVERTISEMENT TO THE PRESENT EDITION.
In the edition of Mr. Murray's "History of India," now offered to the public, the narrative is brought down to a period very close upon the present time. The last edition embraced the chapters devoted to the Afghan and Sikh wars. These have now been somewhat modified by the present Editor, who has had at his disposal those more ample and authentic materials which the progress of time is sure to evolve. He has also added to the history, chapters containing an account of the administration of Lord Dalhousie, and of those changes in the general administration of India which followed the passing of the Act of 1853, under which the country is now governed. The entire work presents a complete history of India from the earliest times to the present year. The whole has been revised with the utmost care; and it is now confidently recommended to the public, in the belief that it fulfils all the conditions of a compendious history, which may be consulted with advantage both by the professional student and the general reader. The increased attention, which is now given to Indian affairs, and the enlarged social circle from which the Indian services are now drawn, seem to have rendered more necessary to the satisfaction of the public wants the existence of such works as the present, which, whilst it deters no one by its elaborate amplitude of detail, is yet sufficiently copious to render the student intimately ac