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Mary Martha Sherwood was one of the most popular British children's story authors in the 19th century, publishing over 400 works. Her life in India provided material for narrative that exemplified the anxiety of colonial discourse, with Western society attempting to control those who threatened a sense of power and purity.

A critical analysis of George Colman's version of the 17th century story 'Inkle and Yarico', in which an American native woman falls in love with an avaricious English merchant, is provided. The author discusses the changes made from the original story, an effort to suit 18th century tastes, and claims Yarico, the Native American, symbolizes the commodity of women.

This article analyzes why adulteration became a key trope of the Indian drug market. Adulteration had a pervasive presence, being present in medical discourses, public opinion and debate, and the nationalist claim for government intervention. The article first situates the roots of adulteration in the composite nature of this market, which involved the availability of drugs of different potencies as well as the presence of multiple layers of manufacturers, agents, and distributors. It then shows that such a market witnessed the availability of drugs of diverse potency and strengths, which were understood as elements of adulteration in contemporary medical and official discourse. Although contemporary critics argued that the lack of government legislation and control allowed adulteration to sustain itself, this article establishes that the culture of the dispensation of drugs in India necessarily involved a multitude of manufacturer-retailers, bazaar traders, and medical professionals practicing a range of therapies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]