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W. H. Allen & Co.'s Catalogue.
SKETCHES FROM NIPAL. Historical and Descriptive, with Anecdotes of Court Life and Wild Sports of the country in the Time of Maharaja Jang Bahadur, G.C.B. With Illustrations of Religious Monuments, Architecture, and Scenery, from the Author's own Drawings. By the late Henry Ambrose Oldfield, M.D., many years Residency Surgeon at Khatmandu, Nipal. 2 vols. 8vo., 36s.
"The work is full of facts, intelligently observed and faithfully recorded."—Saturday Review.
"We have nothing but unqualified praise for the manner in which Dr. Oldfield's manuscript has been edited and published by his relatives. The sketches have just claims to rank very high amongst the standard works on the Kingdoms of High Asia."—Spectator.
RECORDS OF SPORT AND MILITARY LIFE IN WESTERN INDIA. By the late Lieutenant-Colonel G. T. Fraser, formerly of the 1st Bombay Fusiliers, and more recently attached to the Staff of H.M.'s Indian Army. With an Introduction by Colonel G. B. Malleson, C.S.I. Crown 8vo., 7s. 6d.
"The style is free from humbug and affectation, and none of the stories are incredible…. Some of the anecdotes about the early life of Outram confirm the opinion of that gallant officer held by his contemporaries."—Saturday Review.
"Records his experience in a very simple and unaffected manner, and he has stirring stories to tell."—Spectator.
THIRTEEN YEARS AMONG THE WILD BEASTS OF INDIA; THEIR HAUNTS AND HABITS. From Personal Observation; with an account of the Modes of Capturing and Taming Wild Elephants. By G. P. Sanderson, Officer in Charge of the Government Elephant Keddahs at Mysore. With 21 full-page Illustrations and Three Maps. Second Edition. Fcp. 4to. £1 5s.