Yerandawana,

Poona District, India.

CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I. [Introductory][1]
II. [Indian Hospitality][11]
III. [The Indian View of Nature and Architecture][17]
IV. [Indian Employees of Labour][24]
V. [The Indian Postal Service][32]
VI. [Indians and English Customs][40]
VII. [Indian Unpunctuality][48]
VIII. [Indian Poverty][54]
IX. [Indian Art][60]
X. [The Indian Village][66]
XI. [Indian Entertainments][74]
XII. [The Conversion of India][83]
XIII. [Mission Work in India][89]
XIV. [Indian Music][98]
XV. [Indian Meals][105]
XVI. [Hindu Philosophy][111]
XVII. [Hindus and Religion][117]
XVIII. [Religious Phases in India][124]
XIX. [Games in India][130]
XX. [Indian Wrestlers][137]
XXI. [Books in India][143]
XXII. [Indian Pageants][151]
XXIII. [The Indian Character][157]
XXIV. [Religious Controversy in India][164]
XXV. [Wild Beasts in India][170]
XXVI. [Some Indian Animals][176]
XXVII. [The Indian World of Nature][182]
XXVIII. [Insects in India][188]
XXIX. [The Indian Ascetic][196]
XXX. [The Indian Widow][204]
XXXI. [Wrongdoing in India][212]
XXXII. [Property in India][221]
XXXIII. [East and West Travelling][228]
XXXIV. [Customs of East and West][234]
XXXV. [Servants in India][241]
XXXVI. [The Educated Hindu][247]
XXXVII. [Unfinished Plans in India][256]
XXXVIII. [Gifts in India][263]
XXXIX. [Proverbial Sayings About India][270]
XL. [Indian Unrest][278]
XLI. [The English in India][288]
XLII. [Dishonesty in India][295]
XLIII. [Indian Mohammedans][302]
XLIV. [Night Alarms in India][309]
XLV. [The Indian Washerman][317]
XLVI. [Agriculture in India][328]
XLVII. [East and West on Board Ship][337]
[Index][347]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Felix Tipnis][Frontispiece]
[Swithun's New Home in the Village]To face page[16]
[Yerandawana Church from a Distance]"[20]
[The Indian Village Postman]"[38]
[Narayen Khilari, a Farmer's Son]"[42]
[The Kindly Hindu Neighbour and His Family]"[48]
[A Modern House in Poona City]"[60]
[Mrs Salome Zadhaw]"[66]
[Ragu, the Night-watchman]"[72]
[The Yerandawana Village Wrestlers]"[138]
[Nirari Bhosle, the Mischievous Village Boy]"[168]
[Milking the Buffalo]"[180]
[Dowd Pheride, the Egg-merchant's Son]"[198]
[Sarla Kalu, the Yerandawana Widow]"[206]
[The Indian Butler]"[242]
[The Cemetery Cross]"[268]