The economy of human life.
By: Translated from an Indian manuscript written by an ancient Bramin; to which is prefixed an account of the manner in which the said manuscript was discovered in a letter from an English gentleman then residing in China to the Earl of Chesterfield.
Contributors: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773.; Hill, John, 1714?-1775.
Publisher: Benares Hindu University
Published: 1922
Place of publication: Benares
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.; Maxims -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Pt. 2 has special t.p.: The economy of human life, translated from an Indian manuscript, found soon after that which contained the original of the first part and written by the same hand, in a second letter from an English gentleman residing at China, to the Earl of Chesterfield.
Pt. 1 attributed also to the Robert Dodsley, and pt. 2 to John Hill. Cf. Notes and queries, 1st ser., v. 10, p. 8, 74, 318; Dict. nat. biog.