ALS to John Timbs. Explaining his book on India and telling his correspondent that he has gotten no word from Chapman & Hall. He gives an outline of the book.
33 Norland Square, Notting Hill: 16th July 1861.
Price: $400.00
About the item
4pp. 12mo. Old folds.
Item #304910
Born in Bombay in 1799, Duncan was the illegitimate son of the Governor of Bombay. Duncan's father's wealth enabled him to pursue a literary life and he published regularly from 1825-57.
He summarises the work thus: "The object of this book is to enable those who have never studied India to acquire a knowledge of its institutions with the best possible expenditure of time." A book on India would be seemingly inevitable for a writer with his background, yet the work described here was seemingly never published.
