The various chapters of this book originally appeared under the _nom-de-plume_ of "Etonensis" in the _Times of India_, to the proprietors of which journal I am indebted for permission to publish them in book-form, They cannot claim to be considered critical studies, but are merely a brief record of persons whom I have met and of things that I have seen during several years' service as a Government official in Bombay. In placing them before the public in their present form, I can only hope that they will be found of brief interest by those unacquainted with the inner life of the City of Bombay. The first edition of "By-ways of Bombay" having been sold out within a month, Messrs Taraporevala …
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