In an army that consisted, in Bengal in 1857, of 85 regular regiments, but of which only three remained faithful {53 having mutined, and 29 being disarmed),* incidents of atrocity occurred sufficient to fill volumes of high and painful interest, surpassing in intensity those that accompanied the Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans ; but he leaves the recital of the majority of their sickening details to other pens to dilate upon, confining himself simply to those matters regarding which he was personally cognisant.

By C. H. Buck

The Book makes an effort to provide a useful work of reference and enable some of my fellow-countrymen, who have not time or inclination to study what is regarded, by many perhaps, as a dry and complex subject, to gain a slight idea of the religious views held by millions of British subjects in India and thus to sympathize with and comprehend them better.