The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe: Being Sketches of the Domestic and Religious Rites and Ceremonies of the SiameseYoung, Ernest
Religion
The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe: Being Sketches of the Domestic and Religious Rites and Ceremonies of the Siamese
Young, Ernest
Thailand -- Religious life and customs; Thailand -- Social life and customs
Few of the troubles we have had in India from time to time have
assumed so serious an aspect as the recent disturbances in Poona;
but the extreme alarmist view taken by the press at home and the
public utterances of certain ill-informed "globe-trotters" have had a
mischievous effect in confusing the mind of the British Public as to
the rights and wrongs of the case. The Author of this book, having a
large experience of the districts affected, has written this work in
order to make the situation clear.
Two Native Narratives of the Mutiny in Delhi
Translated from the Originals by the late
CHARLES THEOPHILUS METCALFE, C.S.I. (Bengal Civil Service).
_Demy 8vo, with large Map. Just Ready._
These two narratives are a unique and interesting contribution to the
literature of the Indian Mutiny--inasmuch as they are the only ones
from a purely native source.
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.
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a pleasure to hold and to turn over."--_Athenæum._
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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.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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