A Life of Dupleix.

The article presents information on the book "Dupleix," by Col. Malleson. The career of Joseph Francis Dupleix is one of singular interest. He was a man of remarkable gifts, and gave abundant proof of them. But the only part of his work that was permanent was that by which his enemies profiled. His own life was a lamentable failure; his efforts on behalf of France, which repaid him with such stupid ingratitude, serve only to constitute a striking instance of what some one has called "the might-have-beens" of history. He strove to create, and for a moment seemed to have created, a great French dominion in the East. Had he been better supported, India might have become French instead of English, and the history of two great states and an enormous territory have taken a wholly different turn.