



Produced by Al Haines








  THE
  PASSING OF EMPIRE

  BY

  H. FIELDING-HALL

  AUTHOR OF "THE SOUL OF A PEOPLE"
  "THE HEARTS OF MEN," ETC.



  "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
  that proceedeth out of the mouth of God"--that
  is to say by ideas



  LONDON
  HURST & BLACKETT, LTD.
  PATERNOSTER HOUSE, E.C.
  1913




PREFACE

Most people when they talk of India, most books when they treat of
India, are concerned with its differences from the rest of the world.
It is the appearance and the dress of its peoples, their customs and
habits, their superstitions and religions, that are explained and
