capable of assessing the true value of faith and
sincerity. Hence his conjectural method of assign-
ing causes and motives to great religious move-
ments was superficial.
Sir Nizamat Jung's impressions of Hyder-
abad, old and new, gathered from his Reminiscences
would throw much valuable light upon the histor-
ical background of our life today. A few
extracts are given in the chapters that follow.