With 3 Maps and 80 Illustrations, 8vo, 21s. 



INDIA IN 1887. 



BY ROBERT WALLACE, 



PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL ECONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY 

 OF EDINBURGH ; AUTHOR OF "FARM LIVE STOCK OF GREAT BRITAIN." 



SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



"This work, giving the views of a scientific and able observer of the present con- 

 dition of agriculture in India, is of great value. . . . A great deal of valuable 

 information is very clearly set forth in the chapters on different varieties of Indian 

 cattle, the principles of breeding, their characteristics, and the possibility of improving 

 the breeds by selection and crossing." Bombay Gazette. 



" An attractive, readable, and suggestive work, which embraces the whole field of 

 modern agriculture." The Englishman, Calcutta. 



" A work of wide interest and exceptional value. It is the work of a skilled ob- 

 server with an extensive knowledge of agricultural science, giving bold and unre- 

 served utterance to the thoughts that were suggested by his Indian surroundings 

 Professor Wallace deals in a masterly way with all general questions of agricultural 

 improvement." The Englishman, Calcutta. 



"We cannot speak too highly of its usefulness and interest to those who have at 

 heart the promotion in this country of agriculture on scientific principles." O. 

 Anglo- Lusitano, Bombay. 



" Professor Wallace has rendered an invaluable service both to India and to Eng- 

 land, by his intelligent observations and the free expression of his views." Indian 

 Daily News. 



" Should be studied by every one who has the development of the resources of the 

 country at heart." Times of India. 



" Professor Wallace's work on India ... is generally admitted to be the best 

 and most comprehensive of its kind yet published." Colonies and India, London. 



" All interested in Indian agriculture will find in this work a surprisingly large 

 amount of the most valuable information given by one who is most capable of giving 

 it in the very best way." Civil Service Gazette, London. 



" English statesmen, and all who are interested in our Eastern Empire, will find 

 much fresh and original information in Professor Wallace's instructive volume." 

 Daily Chronicle, London. 



" The book is an important contribution to our knowledge of the subject, and its 

 appearance may be expected to mark the dawn of a new era : for the inquiry has 

 "been systematic, and the facts noted in every branch of the subject are eminently 

 practical and suggestive." Daily News, London. 



"Containing a vast amount of information of an entirely novel character, and of 

 some facts that may be of utility to agriculturists of this country as well as of India." 

 Standard, London. 



"A work of conspicuous merit and ability, and one calculated to throw an alto- 

 gether new light upon the whole subject of Indian agriculture." Morning Post, 

 London. 



" The volume contains the results of an immense amount of labour, both physical 

 and mental. Professor Wallace is to be congratulated on providing for his country- 

 men so graphic a picture of Indian agriculture." Bell's Weekly Messenger, 

 London. 



"No unbiassed reader can examine this book without feeling that it is un- 

 doubtedly the work of an intrepid, original, and far-seeing mind." North British 

 Agriculturist, Edinburgh. 



" The book must be ranked among the most exhaustive and practical treatises 

 on Indian agriculture yet produced in our own or any other language ; and it is cer- 

 tainly a monument of the industry, perseverance, and activity of observation of the 

 author." Scottish Leader, Edinburgh. 



EDINBURGH : OLIVER & BOYD. LONDON : SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & Co. 



