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Brief Memoirs Of The Late Right Reverend John Thomas James - Lord Bishop Of Calcutta
Brief Memoirs Of The Late Right Reverend John Thomas James Lord Bishop Of Calcutta Author:Edward James PREFACE. IN offering these short Memoirs to the public, I have to express my thanks to the Friends of my late Brother, who have kindly contributed the letters they received from him after he sailed for India. From such sources, and from his own papers and memorandums, the narrative is chiefly drawn. An introductory Memoir has been prefixed for t... more »he sake of giving a slight sketch of the previous incidents and pursuits of his life. I feel assured, that to his friends this will be acceptable on its own account and I trust, that even to strangers it may not be uninteresting to trace the growth and formation of a character destined for so high and important duties-duties, alas which, in the climate of India, were too much for his strength, and to the incessant discharge of which he fell an early victim.....« less