"In this volume which I present to the public, I have given a very brief abstract (except as to those places seldom visited or written about) of wanderings in Europe, Asia Minor, and Africa, with a literal transcript of that during my travels in India, China, and Java, taken from a continuous journal in letters to my mother, during a period of five or six years in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and of course reliable from the very nature of the journal. And it is only now, when India and its affairs have assumed such a vast importance before the world, that I have been induced to yield to the repeated solicitations of friends, to give the public my mite of experience and knowledge of the country, its people, customs, government, army, etc., derived during eighteen months of pleasure travel in which I visited every part of India."--J.B.I., from 'A Word to the Reader'.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ...of some of the curiosities. Then came our usual amusement at D 's; visit from S--, and this evening at Madame B 's to dine. July 14th.--This morning Mr. F started for Canton. I've been painting, and this afternoon had a walk of five or six miles, to the barrier line of the Portuguese possessions. I got caught in the rain. The scenery is fine, varied by hills, valleys, and bay. This evening called at Mrs. H.'s. I came in, just in time to see her pretty little children; we were acquainted in a very few minutes, and it seemed quite like home when they all came and kissed me for good night. Mrs. H was going out to spend the evening, and invited me to accompany her to Mrs. Williams, Mr. W is an American Missionary, and among the most highly esteemed and the best informed here. Mrs. W is a niece of an ex-chancellor of our State, and cousin of Mrs. A B, we met Dr. and Mrs. P DEPARTURE FOR HONG-KONG. 265 here and passed a pleasant evening, though I should have enjoyed much more, a quiet chat with Mrs. H July 15th.---Now Mr. F is gone, I am more domestic, and have become a devotee of the fine arts. This morning I called at Mrs. S-----'s, and dined by invitation at Mrs. H 's. Met Mrs. E------. and Mr. S--. After dinner, while surrounded by the children, for whom I was making bouquets, Madame B called. She had just received from the Empress of France a reply to her congratulatory letter on her marriage--Madm. B having known her intimately as a young lady in Spain. Then came home, and I've been studying at books on India. July 16th.--I was off at daybreak for a sketch of Macao, and though I got caught in szh: rain sgualls---succeeded in getting a very good view. After breakfast I called on D, where I saw Dr....

Excerpt from Wall-Street to Cashmere: A Journal of Five Years in Asia, Africa, and Europe; Comprising Visits, During 1851, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, to the Danemora Iron Mines, the "Seven Churches," Plains of Troy, Palmyra, Jerusalem, Petra, Seringapatam, Surat Oodeypore. - Elegant Rajah - Colonel Lawrence's Letters - Game Preserves. Beautiful Lake and Pavilions - Choking Camel Men. - Escort. - Luxurious Larder. - Justice to Village Authority. - Transport up the mountain-large Mung-oose, Mount Ame - Famous Jain Temples. - Priests. - Experience in Afghanistan. Deesa. - Ahmedabad. Pensive Travel. - Cambay. - Suspicious Funeral Pile. Sail to' Surat - Little Pauls and Virginias. - Parsees and Jewelry - Bombay. Grand Vizier's Letters - Attack of Cholera - Drive on the Reach. 498. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"In this volume which I present to the public, I have given a very brief abstract (except as to those places seldom visited or written about) of wanderings in Europe, Asia Minor, and Africa, with a literal transcript of that during my travels in India, China, and Java, taken from a continuous journal in letters to my mother, during a period of five or six years in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and of course reliable from the very nature of the journal. And it is only now, when India and its affairs have assumed such a vast importance before the world, that I have been induced to yield to the repeated solicitations of friends, to give the public my mite of experience and knowledge of the country, its people, customs, government, army, etc., derived during eighteen months of pleasure travel in which I visited every part of India."--J.B.I., from 'A Word to the Reader'.

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Over the course of more than three centuries of Romanov rule in Russia, foreign visitors and residents produced a vast corpus of literature conveying their experiences and impressions of the country. The product of years of painstaking research by one of the world’s foremost authorities on Anglo-Russian relations, In the Lands of the Romanovs is the realization of a major bibliographical project that records the details of over 1200 English-language accounts of the Russian Empire. Ranging chronologically from the accession of Mikhail Fedorovich in 1613 to the abdication of Nicholas II in 1917, this is the most comprehensive bibliography of first-hand accounts of Russia ever to be published. Far more than an inventory of accounts by travellers and tourists, Anthony Cross’s ambitious and wide-ranging work includes personal records of residence in or visits to Russia by writers ranging from diplomats to merchants, physicians to clergymen, gardeners to governesses, as well as by participants in the French invasion of 1812 and in the Crimean War of 1854-56. Providing full bibliographical details and concise but informative annotation for each entry, this substantial bibliography will be an invaluable tool for anyone with an interest in contacts between Russia and the West during the centuries of Romanov rule.