The romantic East: Burma, Assam, & Kashmir - Khamkoo

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INDIA OF TO-DAY. By Walter Del Mar
Scotsman
PRESS NOTICES
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Mr. Del Mar may go over a lot of ground
in a few weeks, but he is
always on the alert
as to what is to be seen or heard during his
travels, and can give an astonishingly vivid
account of what passes " before him.
He is
always enjoyable, and conveys in
light and breezy fashion a great amount of
interesting information as to what may be
seen and experienced in India during a few
months' tour, from the middle of November
to the middle of March.
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Stay-at-home people could not very well
see the country, its people, and its historic
sights through a better kaleidoscope than
that provided by Mr. Del Mar. Picturesque
and vivid are his descriptions of the tours he
has mapped out. The letterpress is enriched
by a magnificent series of full-page illustrations
selected from over a thousand photographs."
Nottingham Express
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Mr. Walter Del Mar is a traveller not
unknown to the reading public with a seeing
eye and an understanding mind, not a rushing
tourist bent on covering ground,' but a
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well-equipped traveller.
"Mr. Del Mar leads the reader to the
gorgeous panorama 01 India its temples,
its gorgeous scenery, its heat not so great
as most of us imagine and its snows. The
result is a charming, staid, instructive book
of travel in a country of which far too little
is known in England. The book concludes
with a few practical hints regarding travel in
India, and the globe-trotter who intends to
visit the jewel of the British Crown could
not do better than follow in Mr. Del Mar's
footsteps."
Nottingham Daily Guardian
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Mr. Del Mar describes with much minuteness
all there is to be seen at every place of
importance he visited, and gives by the way
a good deal of information for the intending
tourist in India.
"His notes on men and things as he saw
them are in some cases of special interest."
Aberdeen Free Press
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All come within the range of the comprehensive
tour, and all are subjects of
interesting description, reminiscence, and
remark."
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Glasgow News
The result of Mr. Del Mar's travels and
researches has been a book which should be
of great use to intending travellers in our
great dependency."
Glasgow Herald
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Mr. Del Mar not only tells what the
country is, and describes the interests and
activities of its people, but also arrests and
enchains the attention with apposite historical
summaries and serviceable passages of pictorial
delineation.
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Always strong and luminous in his manner
of presentment, the author occasionally
rises to a strain of simple but captivating
eloquence as, for example, when he finds
himself by the cradle of the gods,' or receives
inspiration from the scenes of the Mutiny or
the captivating grace of the Taj Mahal and
in all cases, whatever may be his mood, he
conveys the impression of one who speaks at
first hand, and reveals the trained methods
of a penetrating and sure observation."
The Field
Mr. Del Mar strikes out rather a new
line, and in this volume shows very clearly
and concisely how most of the great monuments
and famous sights of India, from
Madura in the south to the Khaibar Pass on
the north-west frontier, may be seen in a ten
weeks' tour.
concluding chapter of the book
gives a great many useful and practical
details about such things as railway travelling,
the cost, the best time of year to go, etc. ,
which it would be well for the intending
visitor to study carefully. Space forbids us
to dwell at greater length on the many items
of interest contained in this work ;
suffice it
to say that it is written in a very clear and
businesslike manner ;
and at this time, when
the visit of T. R. H. the Prince and Princess
of Wales has attracted fresh attention to
our great dependency,
it will prove most
useful to the tourists who are likely to follow
in their wake, many of whom have only a
and will be
short time at their disposal,
anxious to see as much as possible in that
time.
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The numerous illustrations reproduced
from photographs are good. The book
contains a very complete index, which much
enhances its value as a work of reference. "
PUBLISHED BY ADAM & CHARLES BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.
AND OBTAINABLE FROM ALL BOOKSELLERS