KASHMIR: The Land of Streams and Solitudes. By P. Pirie. With
Twenty-five Full-page Plates in Colour, and upwards of 100 other
Illustrations by H. R. Pirie. Crown 4to (10 x 6½ in.). 21s. net.
_This book is the result of three years’ wandering on the outposts of
civilization, where author and artist proceeded by special permission
of the Governor of India, thus being enabled to penetrate far into the
wilds, especially along the Gilgit road, where, as a rule, none but a
sportsman or an officer on duty penetrates. The volume has numerous
illustrations reproduced in colour, line, and half-tone, and forms a
work in which Kashmir is described by pen, pencil, and brush. In the
colour illustrations the artist has caught the atmosphere as well as
the natural features of the country she so ably portrays._
RIFLE & ROMANCE IN THE INDIAN JUNGLE: Being the Record of Thirteen
Years of Indian Jungle Life. By Captain A. I. R. Glasfurd (Indian
Army). With numerous Illustrations by the Author and Reproductions from
Photographs. New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
ORNITHOLOGICAL AND OTHER ODDITIES. By Frank Finn, B.A. (Oxon.), F.Z.S.,
late Deputy-Superintendent of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. With
numerous Illustrations from Photographs. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
CEYLON: The Paradise of Adam. The Record of Seven Years’ Residence in
the Island. By Caroline Corner. With Sixteen Full-page Illustrations.
Reproduced from Photographs. Demy 8vo (9 x 5¾ in.). 10s. 6d. net.
_A comprehensive account of Life in Ceylon, written in a breezy and
bracing style. Almost every variety of subject interesting to human
nature one finds within its pages. The domestic life of the
Anglo-Cingalese, with its attendant worries in connection with the
native servants, is graphically and humorously portrayed. Many a hint
from this alone may be taken by the unsophisticated European
contemplating residence or even a visit to the Paradise of Adam, a hint
that might be of value in the expenditure of both time and rupees. The
narrative of the authoress’s gipsying in the jungle is intensely
interesting, instructive, and funny. In the many adventures narrated
one gets a keen insight into the lives and characteristics of peoples
beyond the pale and ken of the ordinary European in Ceylon. The
authoress makes it her business to see and become intimate with all:
hence this original and unique volume. With the hand of a born artist
she depicts scenes never yet brought before the notice, much less the
actual vision, of Europeans, for in this lovely Island there are wheels
within wheels, forming a complexity which, though a crazy patchwork, is
fascinating as it is picturesque. Caroline Corner secured the golden
key to this unexplored labyrinth, and by its magic turn opened for
others the portals of this wonderful Paradise of Adam._