Earl Canning

Cosmo Publications is pleased to announce the publication of this classic Series of Indian history. These books are authentic documents from the past that are as valid and as useful today as when they were written, or even more so. These are books that have come to acquire a stature which was not apparent when they were published. Edited by the leading Indologist of his time – W. W. Hunter – the titles in this series reflect some of the best biographies ever attempted. Mr. Hunter indeed made sure that the task of writing the individual title was entrusted to the most suitable person as is amply reflected by the choice of the authors for the purpose. That the titles are indeed classics is clearly demonstrated by some of the reviews we have included here

Reviews:

‘Sir Henry Cunningham’s rare literary skill and his knowledge of Indian life and affairs are now displayed for the first time, and he has enjoyed exceptional advantages in dealing with his present subject. Lord Granvile, Canning’s contemporary at school and colleague in public life and one of his oldest friends, furnished his biographer with notes of his recollection of the early life of his friend. Sir Henry Cunningam has also been allowed access to the Diary of Canning’s private secretary, to the Journal of his military secretary, and to an interesting correspondence between the Governor-General and his great lieutenant, Lord Lawrence.’-The Times.

‘Sir H.S.Cunningham has succeeded in writing the history of a critical period in so fair and dispassionate a manner as to make it almost a matter of astonishment that the motives which he has so clearly grasped should ever have been misinterpreted, and the results which he indicates so grossly misjudged. Nor is the excellence of his work less conspicuous from the literary than from the political and historical point of view.’-Glasgow Herald.