The Failure Of Lord Curzon A Study In Imperialism An Open Letter To The Earl Of Rosebery By Twenty Eight Years In India Ie Charles J Odonnell PDF Download

Excerpt from The Failure of Lord Curzon: A Study in "Imperialism" An Open Letter to the Earl of Rosebery Views of cultured Englishmen in India. Excepting the Durbar and its theatrical surroundings, which were an abomination to anglo-indians, a levelling down to Asiatic tawdriness, Lord Curzon has done little. He has, indeed, appointed commissions on education, police, irrigation, &c but reform is still in the clouds. There have been grandiose schemes of water supply, costing some thirty millions sterling. Millions also are to be expended on great thoroughfares Opening up Calcutta, and millions on police. But where is the money to come from? There has, in fact, been much eloquence and imagination, written and spoken, but no achievements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.