The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin: Being Translations of such portions of the Works of these and other Classical Authors as describe Alexander's Campaigns in Afghanistan, the Panjâb, Sindh, Gedrosia and Karmania

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BERNIER’S TRAVELS IN THE MOGUL EMPIRE. An entirely new edition, with illustrations, and reproductions of maps from early editions. By AǡŕƒƗœĵƯŠ CLjƿǪǵĵœƯŧ, Mem. As. Soc. Bengal,

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The old translation has now been revised and edited in very scholarly fashion.—The

Times.

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Scotsman.

The New Miscellany ... has been right worthily inaugurated by a reprint of Bernier’s

Travels in India, which must delight the scholar and lover of books.—The Bombay

Gazette.

An almost perfect instance of careful, painstaking, and judicious editing.—The

Pioneer.

The excellent editing, as well as outward get-up ... are a guarantee that this new venture ... will supply a long-felt want.—The Times of India.

The student will know how to prize the work, and the general reader will find it very interesting reading.—The Manchester Guardian.

Since their first appearance in Paris, in 1670, many have been the reprints and translations of Bernier’s Travels.... With all this, however, the book itself is not easily accessible. In offering the English Public a new edition of it, Messrs. Archibald

Constable and Company have therefore no need to apologise. It is a fact that until this publication no really satisfactory edition has existed. It is now edited not only with great care, but also with a laudable regard to the needs of the general reader.—The

Anti-Jacobin.

The book abounds with curious scenes and anecdotes of native life in India, amusing in themselves and interesting for comparison with the ways, habits, and ideas of modern India.... The running glossary of Indian terms and words is very useful; so are the brief notices of distinguished persons and remarkable places mentioned in the text; there is also a chronicle of Bernier’s life, a bibliography of his works, and an excellent index.—The Speaker.

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