Workman, William Hunter, and Workman, Fanny Bullock. Through town and jungle: fourteen thousand miles a-wheel among the temples and peoples of the Indian plain. [*]$5. Scribner.
A book devoted to the “temples and people of India,” giving studies of the six styles of Indian architecture, the Buddhist, Indian-Aryan, Jain, Dravidian, Chalukyan, and Mohammedan, and the innumerable variety of people and adventures encountered “from Cape Comorin to the Himalayas and beyond.” There are over two hundred illustrations.
“It is a worthy record of a remarkable journey.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 334. Mr. 18. 1580w. |
“It would be most unfair to deny the value of the material, both textual and pictorial, here gathered together, however unsystematized, or the fact that no other recent work on India gives any such general impression of the Indian peoples and architectures.” Wallace Rice.
| + + — | Dial. 38: 383. Je. 1, ‘05. 580w. |
“The incidents and excitements, as well as the studious results, of this trip are well told.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 269. Ap. 6, ‘05. 340w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 188. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1280w. |
“The narrative does not quite justify one’s expectations. In spite of their unusual powers of endurance, these seasoned travellers found a good deal to grumble about.”
| + — | Sat. R. 100: 346. S. 9, ‘05. 260w. |