First edition, 9 vols., 1881, and 2d edition, 14 vols., 1885-1887, edited by Sir William Wilson Hunter. The present may be considered as a new work, rather than a new edition. cf. General pref.
Editor for India, 1902-04, William Stevenson Meyer; 1905-09, Richard Burn; editor in England, James Sutherland Cotton.
Bibliography:
Bibliographies at end of chapters.
Contents:
The Indian Empire: I. Descriptive.--II. Historical.--III. Economic.--IV. Administrative.--V-XXIV. (Gazetteer)--XXV. Index.--XXVI. Atlas.