The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815Mockler-Ferryman, A. F. (Augustus Ferryman)
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The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815
Mockler-Ferryman, A. F. (Augustus Ferryman)
Great Britain -- History -- 1789-1820; Rice, Samuel, 1775-1840
"Major MacMunn belongs to that class of soldiers who have not
only moved in the mid-current of action, but are also fortunately
possessed of the gift of turning their experience to legitimate
literary account. It was only natural that he should join the band
of brilliant soldier-authors whose contributions have so long been
one of the special features of 'Blackwood.'... And he has not only
written well himself; he has been the cause of good writing in
others, a gallant exploit of his youth having been celebrated in one
of the best modern military ballads by the late Mr A. H. Beesly.
But while it is good to have seen and done exciting things and to
be able to write about them, the mere gift of narration, valuable
as it is, is greatly enhanced when the writer has imagination and a
sense of historic perspective as well. A good many of these stories
and studies are based on experiences which have fallen to the lot
of scores of British officers in the last fifteen or twenty years,
on the Indian frontier or in Burma or in South Africa. But while
few could have told them as well as Major MacMunn, fewer still
could follow him in the more difficult task of conveying the sense
of the changelessness of the immemorial East, or of reading in the
present traces of 'old, unhappy, far-off things and battles long
ago.'"--_Spectator._
"A mighty hunter."--_Globe._ "A great shikari."--_Sportsman._
"Its variety is extraordinary."--_Times._
SPORT IN FIVE CONTINENTS. By A. E. LEATHAM. Demy 8vo. With
Illustrations. 15s. net.
WHEN KINGS RODE TO DELHI. By GABRIELLE FESTING, Author of 'From the
Land of Princes,' 'John Hookham Frere and his Friends,' 'On the
Distaff Side,' &c. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net. Illustrated.
This work shows the charm and romance of Indian history, it brings
into relief the great and inspiring characters who have played a part
in it, instead, as so many writers have done, of harping only upon
the meanness and cruelty with which it has been defaced. The best
friends of India have longed for such a book for many years, and will
rejoice that it has at last been written. It is as readable as a
novel, and of an interest far exceeding that of most fiction.
"It might have been supposed that our imagination would easily have
been kindled by the story of the splendid princes who gloried and
drank deep in the gardens and marble palaces by the banks of the
Jamna.... But a book was still wanted which would make a wider public
appreciate the charm of this romantic epoch. Such a book has, I
think, at last appeared under the title, 'When Kings Rode to Delhi.'
The particular merit of Miss Festing is that she feels the pathos
and romance which hang about the crumbling walls of Delhi, and makes
us feel it too."--Sir THEODORE MORISON, K.C.I.E., in _Blackwood's
Magazine_.
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