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Notices of Boohs. 
[no. 4, NEW SERIES^ 
titled Autohiographij of LuffuUah, a Mahoynedayi gentleynan ; a-^d 
his transactions with his fellow creatures ; interspprsed with remark.'! 
on the habits, custo77is, and character of the people icich lohom he had 
to deal. Edited hy Edward B. Eastioick. [Smith, Elder and Co. J 
The promised " Memoirs and letters of the late Colonel Avmine 
J. H. Mountain, C. B., have at last appeaij3d, edited by Mrs. Ar- 
mine J. Mountain, his widow. To Military readers the memoirs 
will have a peculiar interest, as Colonel Mountain was for some- 
time Adjutant General ot the Forces in* India, and died at Futty- 
ghur in January, 1854. 
The Rev. J. C. Browne, Assistant Chaplain o,n the Bengal Esta- 
blishment has written a small work on Indian Infanticide. It has 
been published in England, and is priced 10s. 6d. 
Having had opportunities of consulting official and other docu- 
ments not easily accessible to people generally, Mr. Browne says 
that he has been enabled to collect information of a valuable na- 
ture on this interesting subject. 
The Library of the Society has been furnished by Government 
with a copy of the Cyclopoedia of India and Eastern Asia. By Edward 
Balfour, l. r. c. s. e., Surgeon, Madras Army. It is issued in 
Xos. of 100 pages each. Four Nos. have already appeared, con- 
taining in all 2,755 words, which reach as far as C in the Alpha- 
betical arrangement. 
Such a work undertaken by one man, and one too engaged upon 
numerous other duties, however studious and diligent he may be, 
cannot but contain many imperfections. The author himself is 
aware of this, but having long felt the want of some portable book 
of reference on scientific and economic subjects connected with Eas- 
tern countries, he has liberally come forward with his services and 
has laid the foundation stone as it were of a work which is in- 
tended to s-apply that want. There is no question but that his 
long residence in India, his Scientific researches and his very vari- 
ety of duties eminently fit him for a work of this character, which 
however imperfect and incomplete as a whole, will be of great uti- 
lity, and prove a valuable aid to others who may wish to walk in 
