THE LAST DAYS IN ENGLAND OF THE RAJAH RAMMOHUN ROY. EDITED BY MARY CARPENTER, OF BRISTOL. LONDON: TRÜBNER & Co., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW, CALCUTTA : R. C. LEPAGE & Co., 2, DALHOUSIE SQUARE. 1866. TO THE COUNTRYMEN OF THE RAJAH RAMMOHUN ROY, WHO, EMANCIPATING THEMSELVES FROM THE THRALDOM OF IDOLATRY AND SUPERSTITION, HAVE DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO PROMOTE THE ELEVATION OF THEIR COUNTRY, THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED WITH HIGH RESPECT AND WARM SYMPATHY, BY THE EDITOR. M883996 D5475 12 R18C3 PREFACE. THE Rajah RAMMOHUN ROY was, in the land of his birth, a man greatly before his age. He was a light shining in thick darkness, -palpable,-impenetrable by its rays;—its lustre served only to make the surrounding gloom more visible. Hence he was appreciated during his life by very few of his countrymen, and his death appeared at the time to excite but little regret in India. It was to England that he turned for encouragement, sympathy and help, for Englishmen had shown that they comprehended in some degree the greatness of his spirit, and admired the purity and devotedness of his life. From England, therefore, he |