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). In his 1859 Handbook for India: Being an Account of the Three Presidencies, and of The Overland Route; Intended as A Guide For Travellers, Officers, and Civilians; With Vocabularies and Dialogues of the Spoken Languages of India with Travelling Map and Plans of Towns, he lists the essential books one needs to know India before getting to India. I assume that this list was exhaustive. [snip] (An extensive list of books follows.) =================================================== ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India