General Sir Arthur Cotton His Life And Work

The author reveals that in placing before her readers the Memoir of her Father, and his life work for the benefit of India, in its deliverance from the disastrous effects of Famine, as well as its increased prosperity, she has felt that she is only undertaking a task which it was his bounden duty to accomplish to the best of her ability. She felt it incumbent upon her to obey the request her father had so often made, in his own touching and pathetic way, that he would gather together the various papers and documents which he had left, and make use of them for the benefit of India, and the supplying of its vast needs. A duty thus inculcated by one so beloved, whose slightest wish had always been a law to her, could only be undertaken in the spirit of loyal obedience, and a true desire to further his highest ideals. Her father was truly an empire maker, as he was an empire lover; no one ever more zealously longed for the spread of England?s civilisation, her privileges and her blessings over distant lands where, hidden too often behind the curtain of natural beauty, or surface intellectuality, there lies a hidden depth of misery and darkness, such as we, in our favoured country, can scarcely know. This book covers with some Famine Prevention Studies by William Digby. It contains portraits, maps, and illustrations. This book is a reprint of the 1900 edition.