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TH ACKER, SPINK &* CO., CALCUTTA. 



LAYS OF IND. 



By ALIPH CHEEM. 



COMIC, SATIRICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE. 

 Poems Illustrative of Anglo-Indian Life. 



ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR, LIONEL INGLIS, R. A. STERNDALE, 



AND OTHERS. 



Tenth Edition. Cloth gilt. 6s. fis. 5-4. Cash, tfs. 4-8. 



The World. "This is a remarkably bright little book. 'Aliph Cheem,' 

 supposed to be the nom-de-plume. of an officer in the i8th Hussars, is, after hi^ 

 fashion, an Indian Bon Gaultier. In a few of the poems the jokes, turning on local 

 names and customs, are somewhat esoteric ; but, taken throughout, the verses are 

 characterised by high animal spirits, great cleverness, and most excellent fooling. " 



Liverpool Mercury. " One can readily imagine the merriment created round 

 the camp fire by the recitation of the ' Two Thumpers," which is irresistibly droll. 

 . . . . The edition before us is enlarged, and contains illustrations by the 

 author, in addition to which it is beautifully printed and handsomely got up, all 

 which recommendations are sure to make the name of Aliph Cheem more popular 

 in India than ever." 



Scotsman. "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.' " 



