REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

FELLOW OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE FELLOW OF THE ROYAL

HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND HONORARY MEMBER OF THE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Cambridge:

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AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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PREFACE.

IN preparing these lectures for the

press

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have been much indebted to Professor Cowell, who was good enough to take an interest in that part of them which relates to India, and to Mr Cunningham, the author of that most interesting book, The Growth of English Industry and Commerce.