The Desire of India (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Desire of India<br><br>Like "The Uplift of China," this text-book on India is issued conjointly by a number of the Missionary Societies in Great Britain for use in Missionary Bands and Study Circles. Full particulars regarding its use for this purpose, "Helps for Leaders," and other aids to study can be obtained on application to the Missionary Study Departments of the various Missionary Societies. It has been found impossible to deal with all sides of missionary work in India within the limits of a single book.<br><br>It has seemed best, therefore, to concentrate attention in this book upon the immense bulk of the population, which is to be found in the villages. All problems relating to the educated classes have been deliberately excluded, but it is hoped that they may form the subject of a future text book. Similarly the 60,000,000 Muhammadans in India have been almost entirely ignored.<br><br>The spelling follows that adopted in the new Imperial Gazetteer of India.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.