ARGUMENT.
Creation. Light. India. It's vegetable, literary, and religious
superiority over the Western World. Brahma introduces his
superstition. India still eminent in physics (particularly
astronomy), metaphysics, ethics, and poetry—lyric, epic, and
dramatic. ‘The Fatal Ring.’ Mahometan irruptions under
Mahmoud of Ghizni, anciently Bactria. Tamerlane: India
totally degraded. Her European conquerors for a long time
equally oppressive. Sir William Jones: His attainments,
and virtues; and premature death. The Marquis Wellesley:
The New College at Calcutta. Cambridge. The probable
Effects of the Restoration of Learning on the peasantry and
manufacturers of Hindostan; Improvements in Chemistry,
Medicine, &c. Morals; Social Feeling (The Paria: Mr.
Cleveland civilises the district of Bhâgulpour) and Religion.
The Missionaries. Apostrophe to England: Contrast of her
arts with those of France. Conclusion.
