Index to the First Fifty Volumes

( First edition; extremely uncommon, an online search of institutional libraries lists one copy only, at the British Library , 1873 ) Index to the First Fifty Volumes of the Calcutta Review. In Two Parts. INDIA. Published by Calcutta: Thos. S. Smith, City Press, 1873 Description: The Calcutta Review was established in May, 1844, by Sir John Kaye, who was attached to the Corps of Bengal Artillery and was also the Editor of the notable Calcutta daily, Bengal Hurkara. As per the University of Calcutta's website, "The target audience clearly was the emerging English-educated Bengali middle class. The work is simply to bring together such useful information, and propagate such sound opinions, relating to Indian affair, as will, it is hoped, conduce, in some small measure, directly or indirectly, to the amelioration of the condition of the people.” ". Provenance: from the collection of British colonial officer and Arabist, Samuel Barrett Miles (1838-1914), with his black-letter ink stamp to the front free endpaper, plate noting his wife's bequest of his books to Bath Public Reference Library in 1920, and associated manuscript shelf marks and blind stamps as usual. British Library system number: 002828634. Calcutta review:

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