In a recent message "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <bosham@gmail.com> wrote: > Snipped from > http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/univercity/some_observations_on > _library_for_indian_travelers.html > Some Observations on Library for Indian Travelers > June.03.08 > Edward Eastwick (1814-1883) joined the East India Company in 1836 > as a cadet but was soon promoted because of his capacity for language > acquisition. In 1845 the East India Company appointed him to the post > of professor of Urdu at their officer-training school at Haileybury. He > continued to serve the India Office in a number of diplomatic missions > through the 60s until his election to House of Common. His translations > of Sa'di's Gulistan and Kashifi's Anvar-i Suhaili were popular texts in the > East India Company corpus. He also wrote several handbooks on various > cities and edited or prefaced a number of books by the natives (published > for English audiences). [snip] An advanced search for Edward Eastwick on Google books has a large number of hits, although only one is available in full text. -- Dave Keep GMT all year