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Synopsis The present title "Speeches and Writings of Gopal Krishna Gokhale" every endeavour has been made to make this collection comprehensive and up-to-date. The full text of all his speeches in the Imperial legislative council has been given. The prevent the volumes from assuming an inordinate size some matter had to be omitted. But nothing of any interest has been sacrificed. The omissions, which are few in number, are earlier utterances which speeches of a later date have superseded. The first part includes all his utterances in the Supreme Legislative council; the second and third parts contain his important congress speeches and his notable utterances on the South African Indian question; in the fourth part we have his speeches in appreciation of Mr. A.O. Hume, Lord Northbrooke, Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji, Mr. Mahadev Govind Ranade, Mr. W.C. Bonnerjee, Sir P.M. Mehta, Sir William Wedderburn, and others; the fifth part comprises a selection of miscellaneous speeches delivered in England and India. The sixth part contains his evidence before the Welby Commission and the full text of the note prepared by him for the royal commission on decentralisation.