It goes to the credit of C.A. Soppitt who in spite of insurmountable difficulties as an administrative officer in British India earnestly devoted himself to undertaking scientific field investigation and studying the tribal people commonly grouped under the head of 'Kuki.' He worked as Sub-Divisional Officer in North Cachar Hills (Assam) and was subsequently Assistant Commissioner of British Burma. His findings were published in 1893 as A Short Account of the Kuki-Lushai Tribes on the North-East Frontier (Districts Cachar, Sylhet, Naga Hills, etc., and the North Cachar Hills) with an Outline Grammar of the Rangkhol-Lushai Language and a Comparison of Lushai with other Dialects. This rare book is now available in a new format with irregularities and inconsistencies in spelling and in the use of diacritics, which marked earlier prints of the same book, removed. This has been undertaken to facilitate scholars engaged in research on various aspects of the Kuki-Lushai tribes of Northeast India.