Books with title Enchanted Ivy

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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. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... comes into view in huge white masses--docks, and factories with tall chimneys; and coco-palms, in long lines of monotonous growth, overshadow square houses devoid of style. As we go nearer, gothic towers are distinguishable among the buildings--faint reminiscences of Chester, clumsily revived under the burning light of white Asia. BOMBAY In the spacious harbour, where a whole fleet of steamships lies at anchor, a swarm of decked boats are moving about, sober in colour, with the bows raised very high in a long peak, and immense narrow sails crossed like a pair of scissors, and resembling a seagull's wings. The noise in the dock is maddening. The Customs, the police, the health-officers, all mob the voyager with undreamed-of formalities, such as a paper to be signed declaring that he has but one watch and one scarf-pin, and that their value is in proportion to the wearer's fortune. Then, again, the dispersal of the luggage, which must be fished out at another spot amid the yelling horde of coolies who rush at the trunks and use the portmanteaus as missiles, till at last we are in the street. Under the blinding sunshine reflected from the whitewashed houses, an incredibly mixed crowd, squeezed against the railings of the custom-house wharf, stands staring at the new arrivals. Natives, naked but for a narrow loin-cloth rolled about their hips; Parsees in long white tunics, tight white trousers, and on their heads hideous low square caps of dark wax-cloth, pursuing the stranger with offers of money-changing; Hindoos, clad in thin bright silk, and rolls of light-hued muslin on their head; English soldiers, in white helmets, two of whom stare at me fixedly, and exclaim that, "By Jo', Eddy has missed this steamer!" There are closed carriages,...

Title: Enchanted India. (Translated by C. Bell.).Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF ASIA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This series includes ethnographic and general histories of distinct peripheral coastal regions that comprise South and East Asia. Other works focus on cultural history, archaeology, and linguistics. These books help readers understand the forces that shaped the ancient civilisations and influenced the modern countries of Asia. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++<Source Library> British Library<Contributors> Karaǵorǵević, Božidar; Bell, Clara; <Original Pub Date> 1899.<Physical Description> viii. 305 p. ; 8º.<Shelfmark> T 4006

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CONTENTS: At sea -- Bombay -- Ellora -- Nandgaun -- Baroda -- Ahmedabad -- Palitana -- Bhawnagar -- Hyderabad -- Trichinopoly -- Madura -- Tuticorin -- Colombo -- Kandy -- Madras -- Calcutta -- Darjeeling -- Benares -- Allahabad -- Lucknow -- Cawnpore -- Gwalior -- Agra -- Jeypoor -- Delhi -- Amritsur -- Lahore -- Rawal Pindi -- Peshawur -- Murree -- Garhi -- Srinagar -- Rampoor -- Domel -- Derwal -- Kohat -- Bunnoo -- Dehra Doon -- Hardwar.

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