Excerpt from The Historians History of the World, Vol. 22 of 25: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by Over Two Thousand of the Great Writers of All Ages; The British Colonies, the United States (Early Colonial Period) Lord Lawrence's viceroyalty, 204. The governorships of Lords Mayo and North brook, 205. Queen Victoria becomes empress of India, 205. Relations with the Afghans, 206. The Afghan War of 1878 - 1880, 208. Social and industrial progress, 210. Employment of natives in public service, 212. Local government, 213. Crim inal procedure, 215. Civil service reform, 217. Third Burmese War, 218. The de cline of Indian prosperity, 220. Events on the northwest frontier, 221. Viceroys, 1880 - 1901, 222. Personalia, 224. 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.