20 Works Published by Henry S. King & Co., INDIA AND THE EAST-continued. WESTERN INDIA BEFORE AND DURING THE MUTINIES. Pictures drawn from Life. By Major-Gen. Sir George Le Grand Jacob, K.C.S.I., C.B. In I vol. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. "The most important contribution to the history of Western India during the Mutinies which has yet, in a popular form been made public."-Athenæum. "Few men more competent than himself to speak authoritatively concerning Indian affairs."—Standard. BOOKS EDUCATIONAL COURSE OF SECULAR SCHOOL EXCHANGE TABLES OF STERLING AND INDIAN RUPEE CURRENCY, UPON A NEW AND EXTENDED SYSTEM, embracing Values from One Farthing to One Hundred Thousand Pounds, and at rates progressing, in Sixteenths of a Penny, from Is. 9d. to 25. 3d. per Rupee. By Donald Fraser, Accountant to the British Indian Steam Navigation Co., Limited. Royal 8vo. IOS. 6d. 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