TH ACKER, SPINK, CO., CALCUTTA. 
In 8vo., price Rs. 3-8. 
THE 
RACES OF AFGHANISTAN: 
BEING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE 
PRINCIPAL NATIVE TRIBES INHABITING 
THAT COUNTRY. 
By SURGEON-MAJOR H. W. BELLEW, C.S.I., 
Late 071 Political Duty at Kabul. 
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 
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The Examiner. — " If Lord Hartington wants to begin to understand the problem 
he has to deal with in Afghanistan, he should take down with him to the House of 
Commons this new book by Dr. Bellew. . . . Dr. Bellew perceived, by the 
ignorant comments of speakers and writers on the Afghan question, how very much 
some book was needed to enlighten the understandings of public instructors ; and 
therefore, amid the multifarious duties he had to fulfil at Cabul, he set himself to 
produce a work which does not err on the side of elaborateness, but which yet 
contains ample information to keep journahsts and Members of Parliament and 
platform orators from vain babblings on this intricate subject. . . . The rdsumi 
of the history of the Afghans, including a chapter summarising our relations with 
the country, leads naturally up to the story of the life of Shere Ali, which results in 
the conclusion that the Afghan ' is not fit to govern either himself or others, and 
sadly wants a master. If we don't take up that role, Russia will. For a master 
the Afghans want, and a master they must have sooner or later.' . . . An 
admirable index increases the value of the work." 
Indian Mail.— " This short book is of considerable merit, and ought to seriously 
influence the judgment of those who have assumed the direction of England's 
affairs. Its value lies in the preciseness of the information given, its clear and me- 
thodical arrangement, and its trustworthiness, from the acknowledged ability and 
absolute knowledge of the subject possessed by the author, Dr. Bellew is not a political 
speculator, but a serious scholar, who has spent many years among and in connection 
with the people of Afghanistan ; he speaks their languages with ease, is well read 
in tbe history and literature of the country, and enjoys the confidence of the tribes- 
men. . . . Dr. Bellew's book will be read with considerable interest, both as a 
valuable contribution to ethnography and as a guide in the maze in which politicians 
have lost themselves." 
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