THACKER, SPINK &f CO., CALCUTTA. 



In Post 8vo, uniform with " Seonee." 8i. kd. 



A NEW AND ILLUSTRATED EDITION 



OF 



ECHOES FROM OLD CALCUTTA, 



BY 



Dr. H. E. BUSTEED, M.D., CLE. 



"We hear that Dr. H. E. Busteed, whose charming little book on 'Old Calcutta' 

 commanded a deserved popularity among Indian readers, is now engaged in his re- 

 tirement at home in bringing out a new edition, which will be much amplified, and 

 illustrated by portraits of ladies and gentlemen of the settlement who were local 

 celebrities a century ago. Dr. Busteed has devoted himself to research with 

 indefatigable industry, and fortunately his literary style is as graceful and entertain- 

 ing as his knowledge is profound and accurate." — Calctitta EngLiihman. 



" It is a pleasure to reiterate the warm commendation of this instructive and lively 

 volume which its appearance called forth some few years since. It would be 

 lamentable if a book so fraught with interest to all Englishmen should be restricted 

 to Anglo-Indian circles. A fresh instalment of letters from Warren Hastings to his 

 wife must be noted as extremely interesting, while the papers on Sir Philip Francis, 

 Nuncomar, and the romantic career of Mrs. Grand, who became Princess 

 Benevento and the wife of Talleyrand, ought by now to be wddely known." — 

 Saturday Review. 



' ' Dr. Busteed has unearthed some astonishing revelations of what European Life in 

 India resembled a century back. Perhaps for the first time has the Black Hole 

 drama been told in a way fully to bring home to the mind the appalling nature of 

 the sufferings undergone by our countrymen and countrywomen. " — Daily Telegraph. 



CHAPTERS : 



I. — The Black Hole. — The Capture of Calcutta. 

 II. — The Black Hole. — The Imprisonment. 

 III. — Philip Francis and his Times — i. Arrival in Calcutta. 

 IV. — ,, 2. Nuncomar. 



V. — ,, 3. Duel between Francis and Hastings. 



VI. — ,, 4. Home and Social Life. 



VII. — The First Indian Newspaper. VIII. — Madame Grand. 

 IX. — Letters from Warren Hastings to his Wife. 

 X. — Letters from Mrs. Hastings. XI. — An Old Calcutta Grave. 



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