Earl of Mayo

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 William Hunter has given us a monograph in which there is a happy combination of the essay and the biography. We are presented with the main features of Lord Mayo’s administration unencumbered with tedious details which would interest none but the most official of Anglo-Indians; while in the biography the man is brought before us, not analytically, but in a life-like portrait’-Vanity Fair.

‘The story of his life Sir W.W. Hunter tells in well-chosen language clear, succinct, and manly. Sir W. W. Hunter is in sympathy with his subject, and does full justice to Mayo’s strong, genuine nature. Without exaggeration and in a direct, unaffected style, as befits his theme, he brings the man and his work vividly before us.’-The Glasgow Herald.

‘This is another of the “Rulers of India” series, and it will be hard to beat… Sir William Hunter’s perception and expression are here at their very best.’-The Pall Mall Gazette.

‘The latest addition to the “Rulers of India” series yields to none of its predecessors in attractiveness, vigour, and artistic portraiture. The final chapter must either be copied verbally and literally which the space at our disposal will not permit or be left to the sorrowful persual of the reader. The man is not to be envied who can read it with dry eyes.’-Allen’s Indian Mail