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ed Lucknow Residency, 12th October, 1853. [Six pages. Describes another attempt to assassinate the author on the 9th October, 1853. See ante, p. xxvi.] (16.) London 1858, 2 vols. 8vo. _A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, in 1849-50, by direction of the Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie, Governor-General._ With Private Correspondence relative to the Annexation of Oude to British India, &c. By Major-General Sir W. H. Sleeman, K.C.B., Resident at the Court of Lucknow. In two Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1858. [Small 8vo. Frontispiece of vol. 1 is a Map of the Kingdom of Oude. The contents of vol. 1 are: Title, preface, and contents, pp. i-x; Biographical Sketch of Major-General Sir W. H. Sleeman, K.C.B., pp. xi-xvi; Introduction, pp. xvii-xxii; Private Correspondence preceding the Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, pp. xxiii-lxxx; Diary of a Tour through Oude, chapters i-vi, pp. 1-337. The contents of vol. 2 are: Title and contents, pp. i-vi; Diary of a Tour through Oude, pp. 1-331; Private Correspondence relating to the Annexation of the Kingdom of Oude to British India, pp. 332-424. The letters printed in this volume were written between 5th Dec., 1849, and 11th Sept., 1854, during and after the Tour. The dates of the letters in the first volume extend from 20th Feb., 1848, to 11th Oct., 1849. The Tour began on 1st Dec., 1849, The book, though rather scarce, is to be found in most of the principal libraries, and may be obtained from time to time.] _II.--UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS_ (1.) 1809. Two books describing author's voyage to India round the Cape. (2.) 1837. Journal of a Trip from Simla to Gurgoohee. [Referred to in unpublished letters dated 5th and 30th August, 1837.] (3.) _Circa_1824. Preliminary Observations and Notes on Mr. Molony's Report on Narsinghpur. [Referred to in _Central Provinces Gazetteer_, Nagpur, 2nd ed., 1870, pp. xcix, cii, &c. The papers seem to be preserved in the record room at Narsinghpur.] (4.) 1841. History of Byza Bae (Baiza Bai). [Not to be published till after author's death. See unpublished _letter dated Jhansi,_ Oct. 22nd, 1841.] (5.) History of the Reigning Family of Oude. [Intended to form a third volume of the _Journey._ See Author's _Letter to Sir James Weir Hogg, Deputy Chairman, India House,_ dated Lucknow, 4th April, 1852; printed in _Journey,_ vol. 2, p. 358.] The manuscripts Nos. 1, 2, 4, a
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