Indian Masters Of English - An Anthology Of English Prose By Indian Writers

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INDIAN MASTERS OF ENGLISH AN ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH PROSE BY INDIAN WRITERS SELECTED AND EDITED BY E. E. SPEIGHT, B. A. SENIOR PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN THE OSMANIA UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD FORMERLY OF THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, TOKYO Author of A High School Composition for Indian Schools LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. LTD. 6 OLD COURT HOUSE STREET, CALCUTTA 53 NICOL ROAD, BOMBAY 36A MOUNT ROAD, MADRAS LONDON, NEW YORK AND TORONTO 1934 DEDICATED IN AFFECTIONATE GRATITUDE TO THE MEMORY OF SIR GEORGE BIRDWOOD UNDER WHOSE UNSPARING AND SYMPATHETIC GUIDANCE I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF INDIA AS A TREASURE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT PREFACE THE preparation of this little book has only been made possible by the very kind help of a number of friends who have enabled me to include some of my many favourite passages from their writings. In the case of Mrs. Naidu, Mr. Abdulla Ynsuf Ali, Mr. A. S. Wadia, the Rt. Honble V. S. Srinivasa Sastri and Sir Syecl Ross Masood complete freedom of choice was generously granted. Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose has kindly revised his Convocation Address at the University of Mysore in 1927 for inclusion in this book, and Mr. Gandhi, disclaiming, like Mr. Srinivasa Sastri, all insistence on copyright, was so good as to place these three familiar discourses at my disposal. I have to tender my gratitude to all the masters of English represented in this book for their most courteous and welcome collaboration in the making of it. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The thanks of the Editor and the Publishers are due to the following for permission to use the copyright selections included in this book. Miss Evelyn Gedge for Miss S. Sorabjis c Srimati Rama oai Ranade from Women in Modern India. Mr. A. Yusuf Ali and Messrs.Rai Sahib M. Gulab Singh Sons for Fran xns Bernier in India from Three Travellers to India. Dr. Rabindranath Tagore and Messrs. Macmillan Co. Ltd. for The Home-Coming from Hungry Stones and other Stories. Sir Syed Ross Masood and the Home Secretary to H. E. H. the Nizams Government for Japan from Japan and its Educational System. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu for Gokhale the Man 1 . Messrs. G. A. Natesan Co. for Two Addresses from the Speeches and Writings of G. K. Gokhale. Mr. Dhan Gopal Mukerji and Messrs. E. P. Button Co. for The Young Elephant from The Chief of the Herd. Mr. Salim A. Ali and the Editor of the Journal of Bombay Natural History Society for The Weaver Bird . Mr. A. S. Wadia for the English Home from The Call o c the World. The Rt. Hon. V. S. Srinivasa Sastri for Rights and Duties from his Kamala Lectures. viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Authors Executors and Messrs. Macmillan Co. Ltd. for The Humanity of Saladin from A Short History of the Saracens. Mr. M. W. Pickthall, the Editor of Islamic Culture for Islamic Culture under the Moguls by Syed Ameer AH from Islamic Culture, Oct. 2927. Sir J. C. Bose for The Greater India To Be . Mahatma Gandhi for Three Addresses from his Broadcast Speeches. CONTENTS Preface Introduction Miss S. Sorabji Abdulla Yusuf AH Rabindranath Tagore Sir Syed Ross Masood Mrs. Sarojini Naidu Gopal Krishna Gokhale Dhan Gopal Mukerji Salim A. Ali A. S. Wadia Shrimali Ramabai Ra iade Bcrnier in India The Home-Coming Japan Gokhale the Man Two Addresses PAGE ... vi xi .. 1 ... 17 ... 35 ... 45 ... 62 ... 75 The Young Elephant. 87 The Weaver Bird 99 The English Home ... 110 The Rt. Hon. V. S. S. Sastri. Rights and Duties ... 120 Syed Ameer Ali Sir J. C. Bose MahatinaGandhi 1. The Humanity of Saladin ... 125 2. Islamic Culture under the Moguls... 133 The Greater India To Be ... 156 Three Addresses ... 167 INTRODUCTION THIS little book, which has been in my mind for some years, has been compiled to give Indian students a series of models of what can be done by elder students of their own nationality in the handling of so difficult a language as English...