Madras, Mysore, and the South of India: Or, A Personal Narrative of A Mission to those Countries: From MDCCCXX. To MDCCCXXVIII.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Fair with no dust jacket. 1844. Second Edition. Hardcover. This copy lacking the colour frontipiece and front free endpaper. Small loss of cloth and tears at head of spine. Large paper label on rear board - "United Ancient Order of Druids. Auckland Lodge, 158. Free Library (Established 1884). No. 177". Bookplate on front pastedown "Fred B. Butler". Some marginalia on title page. ; xlviii, 332 pages + extra title page with vignette illustration + 13 in-text wood engravings. Lacking the colour frontipiece "Destruction of the 'Tanjore'". Original green blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 188 x 108mm. Top page edges gilt. The first edition was published in 1829 with the title: "Personal Narrative of a Mission to the South of India, from 1820 to 1828". This second edition of 1844 has a new preface by the author, and additional material on the history of missions in India. Contents: Preface to the Personal Narrative on its First Publication; Preface; Introduction; Statistics of the Madras Presidency; Summary of Missions in India and South Ceylon; Missions of the Church Missionary Society to the Syrian Christians of Travancore; List of Wesleyan Missionaries who have been sent out to India and Ceylon, with the Dates of their Return or Decease; November, 1819, to September, 1820 - The Voyage to India; September 6th, 1820 - Burning of the Ship, and Escape of the Passengers and Crew; September, 1820 - The Island of Ceylon; September, 1820 - Madras and St. Thome; September, October, 1820 - Missionary Occupations; October, 1820 - Journey to Negapatam; November, 1820 - Jesuit Mission in Madura; Hinderances to the Spread of Chrisitianity in India; October, 1820, to February, 1821 - Negapatam; March, 1821 - Jaffna; April, 1821 - Tanjore and Trichinopoly; April, 1821 - Journey from Trichinopoly to Bangalore; May, 1821, to February, 1822 - Mysore, Bangalore, and Seringapatam; February and March, 1822 - Journey from Seringapatam to Madras; April to December, 1822 - Mission in Madras; 1822 and 1823 - Tamul Literature; January to June, 1823 - Madras and Wallajahbad; July to September, 1823 - Ten Weeks' Journey in the Tamul Country; September, 1823, to March, 1824 - Three Months' Tour to the South and West; Remarks on the Facilities for Missions; 1824 - Tour and Duties of 1824; 1825 - Tours and Duties of 1825; 1826 - Tours and Duties of 1826; 1827 and 1828 - Tours and Duties of 1827 and 1828; Concluding Remarks on Madras; 1828 - Voyage to England; Essay on the Religion and Religious State of the Hindoos; Concluding Observations on the Character, the Probable Origin, and the Present Influence of Hindooism; An Account of the Violent Methods Adopted by the Church of Rome to Proselytize the Syrian Christians in Malayala, or the Mountain Country of Travancore, in South India. Subtitled: "With Some Account of the Jesuit Mission in Madura; Brief Historical Notices of Madras, and other Important Places within the Present Range of the Wesleyan Missions in India; Remarks on Tamul Literature, and on the Religion and Religious State of the Hindoos; And A History of the Romish Perscutions of the Nestorians, or Syrian Christians of Travancore". .