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Title: Studies in Literature and History
Author: Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall
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STUDIES IN LITERATURE AND HISTORY
by the Late
SIR ALFRED C. LYALL
P.C., G.C.I.E., K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D.
London John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. 1915
PREFACE
In the Second Series of his Asiatic Studies the late Sir Alfred Lyall republished a number of articles that he had contributed to various Reviews up to the year 1894. After that date he wrote frequently, especially for the Edinburgh Review, and he left amongst his papers a note naming a number of articles from which he considered that a selection might be made for publication.
The present volume contains, with two exceptions, the articles so mentioned, together with one that was not included by the author.
A large number of Sir Alfred Lyall's contributions[1] to the Reviews deal, as might be expected, with India--with its political
Studies in Literature and History
by Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall