Excerpt from Indian Missionary Directory and Memorial Volume The first edition Of the directory was published in 1876, the second, in 1881 following the original design, the third edi tion is now issued. Special effort. Has been put forth to make the volume as nearly perfect as possible where the information could not be obtained in India letters were sent to Home Secretaries ask ing for complete lists of missionaries where these are not given, as in one or two instances, the fault does not rest with the com piler. It is to be regretted that many missionaries through reti cence or indifference make no response to circulars of enquiry and, as a consequence, in their cases the nationality and year of arrival cannot be given. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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