Excerpt from Evolution of Mrs. Besant: Being the Life and Public Activities of Mrs. Annie Besant, Secularist, Socialist, Theosophist and Politician; With Sidelights on the Inner Workings of the Theosophical Society The scenes of Calcutta and Allahabad were repeated - they could hardly be outdone. The route was long and was most beautifully decorated the shops had been closed, and th e richest merchants of the great Bhatia' com munity brought garlands, and silver plates with gifts of money, and burning camphor, and the silver merchants scattered little flower-like pieces of gold and silver yflowers rained from the houses, the walls surrounding a great mosque were lined-with men, the verandahs were crowded with women, school-children, boys and girls, mingled their shrill voices with the shouts of men. The streets were a sea of heads, and at every crossing carriages and motors stood cr0wd ed with cheering men and, women. The car in which I was seated became heaped with flowers, which rose over my knees though I was on a high seat. And so to China Baug, Where the spacious compound was' crowded, and it was imperative that the trio should come on the balcony While those below shouted themselves hoarse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.