A History of the Mahrattas v1.c5.s5.9

v1.c5.s5.9

II. (a) In the letter mentioned above from Grant Duff to E. H. Goldsmid, dated January 30, 1846, the author writes: ‘As to a second edition, about ten years ago (i.e. 1836), in consequence of repeated suggestions on the subject—for I had individually no pleasure in recurring to it—I wrote to the publishers, Longman & Co.; but their reply was not so encouraging as to induce me to begin re-casting many ill-written passages, which I sometimes thought of, but had always some more immediate object of interest or business.