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There is a growing interest evinced in the study of the ancient history of Southern India, and the want of a book, based on the authority of trustworthy literature as well as the result of the latest research, is keenly felt. It is hoped that this collection of historical sketches will meet the demand to a certain extent.Ancient Dekhan had a special charm about it which is no longer in existence. Nature had kept it for a long time free from foreign aggressions, due mainly to its isolation and n

Fifty years ago very few, even of the Kanarese people themselves, had any idea of the range of Kanarese literature, or of the relative age of the books which constitute it. Our present knowledge is the fruit of patient work on the part of a small number of painstaking scholars, who have laboriously pieced together the scattered information contained in inscriptions on stone and copper and in the colophons and text of palm-leaf manuscripts.

This manual for teaching has been prepared in order to give more fully than was possible in the Applied Biology for students, the author's suggestions regarding the use of that book, especially in many causes where there is a radical departure from the usual teaching of elementary biological courses. Moreover, this Manual aims to be of help to biology teachers whose special preparation has been limited.

The plan of the Commentary is to state, as concisely as possible, at the commencement of each Chapter, the existing law on the subject with which the chapter deals, and then to support the statement piecemeal by quotations from decided cases and other official sources. Every attempt thus to reduce unwritten law and custom to propositions must necessarily be imperfect, but I venture to hope that the book will be of use to those who are engaged in administering the law not only as a collection of

Who Will be the New Bishop?, Hiram's Hospital According to Act of Parliament, Dr. and Mrs. Proudie, The Bishop's Chaplain, A Morning Visit, War, The Dean and Chapter Take Counsel, The Ex-Warden Rejoices in his Probable Return to the Hospital, The Stanhope Family, Mrs. Proudie's Reception-Commenced, Mrs. Proudie's Reception-Concluded, Slope versus Harding, The Rubbish Cart, The New Champion, The Widow's Suitors, Baby Worship, Who Shall be Cock of the Walk?, The Widow's Persecution, Barchester by Moonlight, Mr. Arabin, St. Ewold's Parsonage, The Thornes of Ullathorne, Mr. Arabin Reads Himself in at St. Ewold's, Mr. Slope Manages Matters Very Cleverly at Puddingdale, Fourteen Arguments in Favour of Mr. Quiverful's Claims, Mrs. Proudie Wrestls and Gets a Fall, A Love Scene, Mrs. Bold is Entertained by Dr. and Mrs. Grantly at Plumstead, A Serious Iterview, Another Love Scene, The Bishop's Library, A New Candidate for Ecclesiastical Honours, Mrs. Proudie Victrix, Oxford-The Master and Tutor of Lazarus, Miss Thorne's Fête Champêtre, Ullathorne Sports-Act I, The Signora Neroni, the Countess De Courcy, and Mrs. Proudie Meet Each Other at Ullathorne, The Bishop Sits Down to Breakfast, and the Dean Dies, The Lookalofts and the Greenacres, Ullathorne Sports-Act II, Mrs. Bold Confides Her Sorrow to Her Friend Miss Stanhope, Ullathorne Sports-Act III, Mr. and Mrs. Qu verful Are Made Happy.Mr. Slope is Encouraged by the Press, Mrs. old at Home, The Stanhopes at Home, Mr. Slope's Parting Interview with the Signora, The Dean Elect, Miss Thorne Shows Her Talent at Match-Making, The Beelzebub Colt, The Archdeacon Is Satisfied with the State of Affairs, Mr. Slope Bids Farewell to the Palace and Its Inhabitants, The New Dean Takes Possession of the Deanery, and the New Warden of the Hospital, Conclusion