Sir William Andrew

Concerning the Euphrates Valley route to India, in connection with the Central Asian and Egyptian questions.

• Sir William Andrew (Scottish).
• London: W. H. Allen, 1882.
• Octavo.
• 95 pages.
• Includes folding maps, one colored.
• Second edition.
• Lecture delivered at the National Club on the 16th June 1882. 
• Bound in the original brown cloth gilt.

Andrews, an East Indian Railway official, had proposed a railway along the Euphrates, linking Europe with the Arabian Gulf at Basra as a direct route between Britain and India. Although it had its supporters, the scheme was abandoned with the building of the Suez Canal.