The Life and Letters of Sir John Hall

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Excerpt from The Life and Letters of Sir John Hall: M.D., K. C. B., F. R. C. SWhen that well-known anglo-indian authority, Sir George Birdwood, introduced Mr. Mitra, in his Preface to the latter's Indian Problems, * to the British public as a distinguished scholar and a fair-minded and well-balanced writer, perhaps even he did not think that after a brief stay of six years in this country his Hindu friend would gain such an insight into European politics, and command such public confidence, as to rescue the memory of a Crimean veteran from oblivion after the lapse of half a century - no ordinary task even for a British-born author with all the advantages of hereditary Occidental culture and associations. For a Hindu, to whom our very language is a foreign element - to say nothing of our Western history and traditions - the under taking would appear stupendous, if not impossible. But Mr. Mitra has surmounted every Obstacle, and may now enjoy the proud distinction of being the first Hindu biographer of a distinguished.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.