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Jand governments have to be revised jin the light of the author's shrewd summing up of jand administra volved. Apart from that gether, this 260 page record is well worth adding to the library shelf. The student or schoolboy who wants to read an expert account of a most historic the British Army {than turn to this be proved literary ability, his keen eye for the. dramatic, ani at the same time his power of preserving the tical mind, makes it both an attractive and reliable narrative. incidentally, it may be read with profit by those who wish to obtain:
insight into some of the so-called \Mieulties now confronting British the fdeals and disputes popular Inotions he should be congratulated rather than blamed. Nothing can detract from the he Henry Lawrence's death at Lucknow, but historians have troops, lending as it jester at Cifinhat, was the direct Jeause of the siege of Lucknow.
'A figure in Mutiny history who: Jcomes in for deserved recognition ig Taylor of Patna, who was 30 jan justly treated by a higher authority and whose conduct was worthy of the highest traditions of the service to which he belonged, land yet, owing to contemporary Jeontroversy, was very scurvily re-
While giving the Mutiny heroes fall praise, it may be said that Sir [George has done a good deal towards sweeping away the cobwebs lof some of the Victorian absurdities.
quote one or two examples: He instances that there is no_need these days to vindicate the brilliant ly rapid. movements, of Colonel james Neill, whose statue at la I controversy. Neill was Madras was recently the centre of
ithe saviour of Allahabad, the dis-jester of which effectually prevented Cawnpore and Lucknow from avoiding the terrible calamities that overtook them. But think that Neill's strength of Jcharacter needs illustration, and this is how he does it. Let the effort and Sir George's comment possibi ity, by the. stary of hie at the railway station at the' were. little ely to quai ion to. be quoted the histories."
But then, again, historians have made a good deal over the super~ session of Havelock and Outram, also. of Neill's supersession—of clock. This, as Sir George out, was simply due to the fact that the officers alleged to be superseded were joined by their! superiors in the field and therefore the latter naturally took alarm and, far as the officers themselves were concerned, there was no. sort lof grievance. The point perhaps is a small one, but. it is interesting jas showing that Sir George is really' flligg a notable gap in the historical records of the Mutiny and providing a much needed corrective.
'Then again, although the Pun-Jab's staunchness was. greatly to the credit of the officers in. that' Province and. their action undoubt-jedly compared favourably with indecision' elsewhere, it should be recognised that it was not dim cult to get the Sikhs to march against their hereditary enemies who were holding Delhi.
Finally, with mention of Delhi, the historic explosion of the Magazine was a-heroic feat in itself, but Sir George points out. that. it was, like so many feats of heroism, an empty achievement, as the munitions had been removed to a spot {three miles away.—E,
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