W. THACKER & CO.; LONDON. 
Reviews of “Lays of Ind.” 
“The ‘ Lays’ are not only Anglo-Indian in origin, but out-and-out Anglo-Indian in 
subject and colour. To one who knows something of life at an Indian ‘station.’ they 
will be especially amusing. Their exuberant fun at the same time may well attract the 
attention of the ill-defined individual known as ‘the general reader.’’’— Scotsman. 
“To many An- 
glo-Indians the 
lively verses of 
‘Aliph Cheem 
must be very well 
known, while to 
those who have not 
yet become ac- 
quainted with them 
we can only say 
read them on the 
first opportunity. 
To those not fa- 
miliar with Indian 
life they may be 
specially com- 
mended for the picture which they give of many of its lighter incidents and con- 
ditions, and of several of its ordinary personages. . . . Wehaveread the volume 
with real pleasure, and we have only to add that it is nicely printed and elegantly 
finished, and that it has several charming woodcuts, of which some are by the author, 
whom Indian gossip, by the way, has identified with Captain Yeldham, of the 18th 
Hussars.” — Bath Chronicle, 
ig: fe 7. . 
MG 
NY yay 
“Satire of the most amusing and inoffensive kind, humour the most genuine, and 
pathos the most touching pervade these ‘LaysofInd.’ . , . From Indian friends 
we have heard of the popularity these ‘ Lays’ have obtained in the land where they 
were written and we predict for them a popularity equally great at home,”— 
Monthly Homeopathic Review. 
“The author, although assuming a zom de plume, is recognised as a dis- 
tinguished cavalry officer, possessed of a vivid imagination and a sense of humour 
amounting sometimes to rollicking and contagious fun. Many of his ‘ Lays’ suggest 
recollections of some of the best pieces in the ‘ Ingoldsby Legends,’ or in the 
‘Biglow Papers’ of Russell Lowell, while revealing a character of their own.” 
—Capital and Labour, 
