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Notices of Books. 



[NO. 4, NEW SERIES, 



titled Autobiography of Lutfullah, a Mahomedan gentleman ; and 

 his transactions with his fellow creatures ; interspersed with, remarks 

 on the habits, customs, and character of the people with whom he had 

 to deal. Edited hy Edward B. Easlwick. ( Smith, Elder and Co. J 



The promised " Memoirs and letters of the late Colonel Armine 

 J. II. Jfounfain, C. have at last appeared, 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 of the Forces in India, and died at Futty- 

 ghur in January, 1854. 



The Rev. J. C. Browne, Assistant Chaplain on 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 Cyclopaedia of India and Eastern Asia. By Edward 

 Balfour, l. r. c. s. e., Surgeon, Madras Army. It is issued in 

 Xos. of 100 page3 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 supply 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 



