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HAMPSTEAD & HIGHGATE EXPRESS. - Our neighbour 

 Lieut. -Col. Frank Sheffield, L.C.C., is the author of a book 

 entitled 'How I Killed the Tiger" which contains an interest- 

 ing account of an encounter with a Royal Bengal tiger. The 

 incident took place at Palaspai, Midnapore. ... It is probably 

 in remembrance of the incident that the gallant Colonel's residence 

 is named Palaspai, and his numerous friends will be interested 

 in knowing how it came to be so called. The story is told in 

 the straightforward, modest manner in which the Colonel usually 

 goes about his work, and is all the more effective because here 

 and there he imparts little bits of information which not only 

 help the reader to understand the difficulty of slaying a tiger, 

 but also give some idea of the natives and their helplessness 

 in the face of dangers such as the one to which he was ex- 

 posed. In the encounter he was badly mauled by the wounded 

 animal and suffered a serious illness as a result. Happily he 

 recovered, and now looks upon the incident as the changing 

 point in his life, so much so that he says he would ' readily 

 undergo a similar mauling and terrible sufferings to experience 

 the same blessings.' An appendix to the book contains some 

 valuable general information about our Indian Empire." 



GUARDIAN." 'How I Killed the Tiger ' by Lieut. -Colonel 

 Frank Sheffield . . . ist Cadet Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of 

 London Regiment). Of this battalion Colonel Sheffield is com- 

 manding officer, and he has written the book in order to raise 

 funds by its sale for permanent headquarters buildings. A free- 

 hold site having been acquired at a cost of ^2,000, and given 

 to the battalion ... he wishes to begin building at the earliest 

 possible date. The story is one of a thrilling encounter with 

 a Royal Bengal tiger, in which Colonel Sheffield was terribly 

 mauled ; it is liberally illustrated, and some ' general information 

 about India' has been added." 



DAILY TELEGRAPH. "To raise funds for the erection 

 of headquarters buildings for the ist Cadet Battalion Royal 

 Fusiliers, Lieut. -Colonel Frank Sheffield, commanding this 

 corps, has written an account of his encounter with a fine 

 specimen of a Royal Bengal tiger, which measured loj ft. 

 from the tip of his nose to his tail. The book is liberally 

 illustrated, and is entitled ' How I Killed the Tiger.' In an 

 appendix is a variety of general information about India." 



LADIES' FIELD. " 'How I Killed the Tiger.' But it 

 was very nearly the other way, for the tiger wounded Colonel 

 Sheffield very severely. Writing at a distance and in safety, 

 we are inclined to think that his attack on the tiger, in- 

 sufficiently armed as he was and with no retreat open to him, 

 was foolhardy in the extreme. But, no doubt very few of us 

 would have resisted the temptation at the time. Such chances 

 of killing a tiger do not often happen. The little book is 

 simply written, probably, in the first instance, for the cadets 

 of Colonel Sheffield's battalion. It is just the sort of adventure 

 boys like to read of. ... The illustrations are numerous 

 and quaint." 



