TRACKER, SPINK &^ CO., CALCUTTA. 



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 Anglo-Indians the lively 

 verses of ' Aliph Cheem ' must be very 

 well known, while to those who have 

 not yet become acquainted with them 

 we can only say, read them on the first 

 opportunity. To those not fam ' 

 with Indian life they may be speci 

 commended for the picture which 

 give of many of its lighter incidents 

 conditions, and of 

 several of its ordinary 

 personages. ... 

 We have read the 

 volume with real plea- 

 sure, and we have only 

 to add that it is nicely - 

 printed and elegantly 

 finished, and that it has 

 several charming wood- 

 cuts, of which some are 

 by the author, whom 

 Indian gossip, by the 

 way, has identified with 

 Chronicle. 



Captain Yeldham, of the i8th Hussars."— ^rt'//^ 



" Satire of the most amusing and inoffensive kind, humour the most genuine, 

 and pathos the most touching pervade these 'Lays of Ind.' . . . 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 Homxopathic Review. 



" Former editions of this entertaining book having been received with great 

 favour by the public and by the press, a new edition has been issued in elegant 

 type and binding. The author, although assuming a non de plvme, is recog- 

 nized as a distinguished 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. Anglo-Indian terms and usages are skilfully employed, 

 and even what appears to some the uneventful life of a secluded station is made 

 to yield incidents for humorous description." — Capital and Labour. 



