Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897; Balloon ascensions; North Pole
One is the diary, kept daily throughout the Siege of Delhi in 1857 by
Munshi Jeewan Lall. This man, who was an official in the employ of
the Governor General’s Agent in Delhi, was all along loyal to us, and
remained, till his death, an honoured servant of the British Government.
He gave the original diary to the translator on the occasion of the
Imperial Assemblage at Delhi in 1877. The other narrative is by an
educated native nobleman—Nawab Mainodin Hassan Khan. He threw in his lot
with the rebels, and had eventually to fly, with a price on his head.
After some years of exile he returned to India, stood his trial, and was
acquitted of complicity in murder, and pardoned for his share in the
fighting. This result was brought about mainly through the influence of
Sir T. Metcalfe, whose life he had saved during the Siege. The Nawab
subsequently drew up the narrative from materials in his possession,
and gave it in the original to the translator. Mr. Metcalfe having died
before the papers were ready for publication, they are now edited and
brought out by his widow.
* * * * *
Constable’s Hand Atlas of India
A NEW SERIES OF SIXTY MAPS AND PLANS PREPARED FROM ORDNANCE AND OTHER
SURVEYS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF J. G. BARTHOLOMEW, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.E.,
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“It is tolerably safe to predict that no sensible traveller will go to
India in future without providing himself with ‘Constable’s Hand Atlas of
India.’ Nothing half so useful has been done for many years to help both
the traveller in India and the student at home. ‘Constable’s Hand Atlas’
is a pleasure to hold and to turn over.”—_Athenæum._
NOW READY AT ALL LIBRARIES
Through China with a Camera
By JOHN THOMSON, F.R.G.S.
With about 100 Illustrations. Foolscap 4to. _One Guinea net._ This work
contains probably the finest series of pictures of China ever published.
_CONTENTS._
CHAPTER I. A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE CONDITION OF CHINA, PAST AND PRESENT.
” II. THE CHINAMAN ABROAD AND AT HOME.
Chinese Guilds—Hong-kong—Native
Boats—Shopkeepers—Artists—Music Halls.
” III. THE CHINAMAN ABROAD AND AT HOME (_continued_).
Gambling—Typhoons—The floating population of
Hong-kong—North branch of the Pearl River.
” IV. CANTON AND KWANG-TUNG PROVINCE.
Tea—Foreign Hongs and Houses—Schroffing.
” V. CANTON (_continued_).
Its general appearance—Its population—Streets—Mode of
transacting business—Signboards—Work and Wages—The
willow-pattern bridge—Juilin, Governor-General
of the two Kwang—Clan fights—Hak-kas—The mystic
pills—Dwellings of the poor—The Lohang-tang—Buddhist
monastic life—On board a junk.
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