Oudh - Hision. THE GARDEN OF INDIA; OR CHAPTERS ON OUDH HISTORY AND AFFAIRS. BY H. C. IRWIN, B.A. OxoN., B.C.S. LONDON: W. H. ALLEN & CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE. PUBLISHERS TO THE INDIA OFFICE. ΤΟ MY BROTHER OFFICERS OF THE OUDH COMMISSION I BEG LEAVE TO INSCRIBE THIS LITTLE BOOK WITH A PROFOUND SENSE OF ITS MANY DEFICIENCIES BUT IN THE HOPE THAT HOWEVER WIDELY SOME OF THEM MAY DISSENT FROM NOT A FEW OF THE OPINIONS I HAVE VENTURED TO EXPRESS THEY WILL AT LEAST BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE INSPIRED BY A SINCERE LOVE OF THE PROVINCE AND THE PEOPLE WHOSE WELFARE WE HAVE ALL ALIKE AT HEART. a 3 |