Selections from Calcutta Gazettes le the Years 1784 to 1798.
By W. S. Seton-Karr, C.S., President of the Record Commission. (Longman and Co.)—The Calcutta Gazette was disinterred by the commission over which Mr. Karr presided. It seems to have been the medium of publi- cation of the Government, which, however, was not responsible for the editorial department. Mr. Karr divides his extracts from the Gazette of each year into three divisions, the first containing State papers or notices ; the second, editorial notices and communications from corres- pondents; and the third, advertisements. The work is, we think, rather curious than valuable, but the student who wants to form a distinct mental picture of the life of our ancestors in India will derive great help from Mr. Karr's labours. Perhaps the advertisements are the most useful contribution to literature. A reduced lithograph of Up- john's map of Calcutta is added. The original was published in 1792.
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