THE COMING STRUGGLE FOR INDIA. BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENCROACHMENTS OF RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA, AND OF THE To RUSSELL SHAW, Esq. MY DEAR MR. SHAW, BUDA PESTH UNIVERSITY, July 2, 1885. You are a Liberal in your political views; I found you liberal in the hospitality you have bestowed on me; and I hope you will be liberal in judging these pages, which I dedicate to you. In other countries an author would have hardly ventured to dedicate to his friend of Liberal persuasion a book containing a strong criticism upon the policy of the Liberal party. But in England fair play is fully admitted in political opinions, even if they come from a foreigner. This is a fact, of which I have had ample opportunity to convince myself during my late lecturing tour in your country; and it is the substance of the various addresses which I then delivered, that I offer now to the public in the present book form. Believe me, Dear Mr. Shaw, Yours sincerely, A. VAMBÉRY. |