PREFACE.
It has seemed to the Author that a clear and concise narrative of the origin and course of Indian politics may be useful just now. He has endeavoured to compile such a narrative, and has ventured to draw some conclusions therefrom. He has written with a full consciousness of the extreme difficulty of appraising and setting out fairly the ideals and mental processes of men who are not of his own race. He trusts that his readers will forgive his shortcomings. He wishes to acknowledge his great obligations to the compilers of the interesting published reports of the proceedings of the Indian National Congress from 1885 to the present time.
November, 1917.
