Stanhope, Leicester

Sketch of the history and influence of the press in British India; containing remarks on the effects of a free press on subsidiary alliances; on the delays of office; on superstition; on the administration of justice; on flogging; and on agriculture. Also, on the dangers of a free press, and the licentiousness of a censorship.

London, published by C. Chapple, Royal Library, Pall Mall, 1823. 8vo. viii + 194 pp. New quarter calf, spine in compartments, edges gilt. “In the performance of their duties, it is the proud fate of British officers to traverse the world. The character of our education, the genius of our government, lend us to take a sympathy in the fortunes of men, and to promote their welfare. Under the control of this feeling I have acted. I have collected and published my own and other men’s thoughts on the present, and, highly probable, future influence of the Press in Asia. The cause is noble and of paramount importance to the immediate interests of nearly four-fifths of our fellow-subjects, who pay us, in yearly tribute, about twenty millions sterling” (preface).

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• 订书号：: 04676

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