Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. IN the Preface to the History of British India, Mr. Mill has claimed for himself the merits of patient and laborious investigation, and of orn-inal’adn’d inde pendent judgment. The claim is substantiated by his work. His history is remarkable for extensive and diligent research, and for Opinions which are peculiar either to the author, or to the school of which he was a distinguished disciple.