Selections front Military State Papers of the GOVerittli.diti of India.
Edited by George W. Forrest. Vol. I. (Military Department Press, Calcutta.)—This volume contains an instalment of papers relating to the Indian Mutiny, The editor has arranged these papers in three groups :—(1), Barrackporo, Beshampore, Meerut, the siege and capture of Delhi ; (2), Lucknow and Cawnpore ; (3), Sir Hugh Rose in Central India, General Whitlock's campaign, Sir Colin Campbell in Oude, with miscellaneous papers. The first volume now published carries us as far its the capture of Delhi. Here we may see the original materials of history,—the letters, for instance, about the cartridge-grease grievance, the minutes of the Court of Inquiry, held at Barrackpore on February 6th, the state- monts of eye-witnesses of the outbreak, minutes of courts-martial, the narratives of executions, &c. Those concern the outbreak. Then there is an abundance of military details, descriptions of the operations of Hodson, Nicholson, and many others. One of the longest pieces in the volume is Lieutenant Norman's narrative of the siege of Delhi (Lieutenant Norman was acting as Second Assistant-Adjutant-General). We must not forget to mention the serviceable introduction to the whole furnished by the editor.
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