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Morks 6b Sir TOlilliam Wiilson Ibunter. THE ANNALS OP KURAL BENGAL. Sixth Edition. 16s. ' It is hard to over-estimate the importance of a work whose author suc- ceeds in fascinating us with a subject so generally regarded as unattractive, and who on questions of grave importance to the future destiny of India, gives the results of wide research and exceptional opportunities of personal study, in a bright, lucid, forcible narrative, rising on occasion toeloquence.' — Times. ' Mr. Hunter, in a word, has applied the philosophic method of writing history to a new field. . . . The grace, and ease, and steady flow of the writing almost make us forget, when reading, the surpassing severity and value of the author's labours.' — Fortnightly Review. OBISSA : THE VICISSITUDES OF AN INDIAN PROVINCE UNDER NATIVE AND BRITISH RULE. Two Vols., Map and Steel Engravings. 32*. ' The mature and laborious work of a man who has devoted the whole power of his mind, first to the practical duties of his profession as an Indian civilian, and next to the study of all that relates to or can illustrate it. As long as Indian civilians write books like this — as long as they interest them- selves so passionately in their work, and feel so keenly its connection with nearly every subject which can occupy serious thought — the English rule will not only last, but will prosper, and make its subjects prosper too.' — Pall Mall Gazette (1872). ' A great subject worthily handled. He writes with great knowledge, great sympathy with the Indian people, a keen and quick appreciation of all that is striking and romantic in their history and character, and with a flowing and picturesque style, which carries the reader lightly over ground which, in less skilful hands, might seem tedious beyond endurance.' — Saturday Review. THE INDIAN MUSALMANS. Third Edition. 10s. 6d. < A masterly Essay.' — Daily News. A STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF BENGAL AND ASSAM. In Twenty-two Vols., Half Morocco, 5*. each, with Maps. ' Un ensemble d'efforts digne d'une grande nation, et comme aucune autre n'en a fait jusqu'ici de semblable pour son empire colonial.' — Revue Critique. 'Twenty volumes of material, collected under the most favourable auspices, are built up under his hands into a vast but accessible storehouse of invaluable facts. Invaluable to the statesman, the administrator, and the historian, they are no less interesting to the general reader. Mr. Hunter undoubtedly has the faculty of making the dry bones of statistics live. But they also contain matter which may be regarded as the fountain of the yet unwritten history of Bengal. They are a guide for administrative action now. They also seem to be the point of a new departure for the future.' — Nineteenth Century. THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OP INDIA. Second Edition, Fourteen Vols., Half Morocco. £1 5s. ' The publication of the Imperial Gazetteer of India marks the completion of the largest national enterprise in statistics which has ever been undertaken. . . . The volumes before us form a complete account of the country, its geo- graphy, topography, ethnology, commerce, and products. ... It is one of the grandest works of administrative statistics which have ever been issued by any nation.' — Times. {Two notices.) ' Dr. Hunter has rendered to the Indian Government and to English people generally, the highest service a public servant could achieve.' — Athenaum.