THIS work, now completed, contains, as the publishers inform us, about as much printed matter as twelve volumes of the “Dictionary of National Biography.” They have also published a thin-paper edition ...

IT is surprising that how in our society some not-too-well-known persons not associated with any university or literary organisation can do some wonderful research work despite little or no ...

MANSEL Longworth Dames (1850-1922) was a strange fellow: he learnt several eastern languages, such as Balochi and Pashto; wrote books on Baloch race, Baloch history, Balochi language and folklore; ...

Chekhov once wrote that you need to be a god to distinguish success from failure in life without making a mistake. While none of the 52 writers in C.D. Rose’s invaluable book is a household name, to ...