The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin: Being Translations of such portions of the Works of these and other Classical Authors as describe Alexander's Campaigns in Afghanistan, the Panjâb, Sindh, Gedrosia and Karmania

by John Watson McCrindle

The excellent editing, as well as outward get-up ... are a guarantee that this new venture ... will supply a long-felt want.—The Times of India.

The student will know how to prize the work, and the general reader will find it very interesting reading.—The Manchester Guardian.

Since their first appearance in Paris, in 1670, many have been the reprints and translations of Bernier’s Travels.... With all this, however, the book itself is not easily accessible. In offering the English Public a new edition of it, Messrs. Archibald Constable and Company have therefore no need to apologise. It is a fact that until this publication no really satisfactory edition has existed. It is now edited not only with great care, but also with a laudable regard to the needs of the general reader.—The Anti-Jacobin.

The book abounds with curious scenes and anecdotes of native life in India, amusing in themselves and interesting for comparison with the ways, habits, and ideas of modern India.... The running glossary of Indian terms and words is very useful; so are the brief notices of distinguished persons and remarkable places mentioned in the text; there is also a chronicle of Bernier’s life, a bibliography of his works, and an excellent index.—The Speaker.

The book is of almost indispensable necessity to the reader of history, being accurate and painstaking to a high degree.—The Academy.

The volume has been admirably edited and illustrated. The numerous allusions in the text to individuals, places, productions of art and industry, etc., are well explained in brief but sufficient notes, which contain the results of careful research in contemporary historians, and of an intimate personal acquaintance with Indian life and industry at the present day.—The Scottish Geographical Magazine.

Vol. II.

POPULAR READINGS IN SCIENCE. By John Gall, M.A., LL.B., late Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Canning College, Lucknow, and David Robertson, M.A., LL.B., B.Sc. With many Diagrams, a Glossary of Technical Terms, and an Index. Cr. 8vo, pp. 468. Price 5s. nett.

The authors lay no claim to originality, but have exercised a judicious choice in the selection of subject-matter.... The narrative style which has been adopted by the authors will make the book acceptable to general readers who are anxious to make acquaintance with modern science.—Nature.

It is hardly to be expected that this second volume of Constable’s Oriental Miscellany will meet with such universal acclamation as the first volume, which consisted of Bernier’s Travels. But when rightly considered, it equally shows the thoroughness with which the publishers have thrown themselves into the enterprise.—The Academy.