Table of Contents

1. Early life of Mr Raffles - goes to Malacca; 2. Calcutta - proposes expedition to Java; 3. Account of the Eastern Islands; 4. Lord Minto confides in Mr Raffles; 5. Expedition to Palembang; 6. Importance of connection between Java and China to the East India Company's policy; 7. General Nightingall appointed to relieve General Gillespie; 8. Malay civilization; 9. Mr Raffles forced to return to England by ill health; 10. Writes his history of Java; 11. The interior of the country; 12. Sir Stamford Raffles at Bencoolen; 13. Hoists the British flag at Singapore; 14. Sir Stamford returns to Bencoolen; 15 Difficulties of altering established forms of government; 16. Collections of natural history sent home; 17. Sir Stamford forms an establishment on the island of Nias for the suppression of slavery; 18. Arrival at Singapore; 19. Arrival at Bencoolen; 20. Sir Stamford lands at Plymouth; Letter from Dr Horsfield; Catalogue of zoological specimens; Prospectus of Zoological Society; Correspondence with Messrs Diard and Duvaucel; Appendix. The Eastern Isles and Singapore; Index.

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This 1830 biography of Singapore's founder presents a detailed portrait of a key figure of British colonialism in the East Indies.