"Since 1871, when Sir Charles MacGregor drew up a very exhaustive precis of information on Afghanistan for the use of the Government of India, no book dealing with our buffer state in a general manner has been issued. The thirty-five years which have intervened have not been without important contributions to our knowledge of Afghanistan..." Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии издания 1906 года (издательство "Heinemann").