CONTENTS
| CHAP. | |
| [I.] | EARLY YEARS |
| [II.] | SOUTHERN INDIA IN 1744 |
| [III.] | HOW THE WAR IN THE KARNÁTIK AFFECTED THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS |
| [IV.] | HOW THE FORTUNES OF ROBERT CLIVE WERE AFFECTED BY THE HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH IN SOUTHERN INDIA |
| [V.] | CLIVE DECIDES FOR THE CAREER OF A SOLDIER |
| [VI.] | THE FIRST YEAR OF SOLDIERING AT TRICHINOPOLI AND ARCOT |
| [VII.] | 'THE SWELL AND DASH OF A MIGHTY WAVE' |
| [VIII.] | CLIVE IN ENGLAND; AND IN BENGAL |
| [IX.] | THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY |
| [X.] | HOW CLIVE DEALT WITH THE SPOILS OF PLASSEY: HIS DEALINGS WITH MÍR JAFAR; WITH THE PRINCES OF SOUTHERN INDIA; WITH THE DUTCH |
| [XI.] | THE SECOND VISIT OF CLIVE TO ENGLAND |
| [XII.] | THE REIGN OF MISRULE IN BENGAL |
| [XIII.] | THE PURIFYING OF BENGAL |
| [XIV.] | THE POLITICAL AND FOREIGN POLICY OF LORD CLIVE: HIS ARMY-ADMINISTRATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES |
| [XV.] | THE RETURN OF THE CONQUEROR-STATESMAN, AND THE RECEPTION ACCORDED TO HIM BY HIS COUNTRYMEN: HIS STRUGGLES; AND HIS DEATH |
| [INDEX] |
NOTE
The orthography of proper names follows the system adopted by the Indian Government for the Imperial Gazetteer of India. That system, while adhering to the popular spelling of very well-known places, such as Punjab, Poona, Deccan, &c., employs in all other cases the vowels with the following uniform sounds:—
a, as in woman: á, as in father: i, as in kin: í, as in intrigue: o, as in cold: u, as in bull: ú, as in rural.