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Lays of Ind. By ALIPH CHEEM. Comic, Satirical, and 

 Descriptive Poems illustrative of Anglo-Indian Life. 

 Seventh Edition. Enlarged. With 70 Illustrations. 

 Cloth elegant, gilt edges. Es. 7 (10s. 6d.) 



" Aliph Cheem presents us in this volume with some highly amusing 

 ballads and songs, which have already in a former edition warmed the 

 hearts and cheered the lonely hours of many an Anglo-Indian, the pictures 

 being chiefly those of Indian life. There is no mistaking the humour, and 

 at times, indeed, the fun is both * fast and furious.' 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 recom- 

 mendations are sure to make the name of Aliph Cheem more popular in 

 India than ever." Liverpool Mercury. 



"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. 



" This is a remarkably bright little book. ' Aliph Cheem, supposed to 

 be the nom de plume of an officer in the 18th Hussars, is, after his 

 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." World. 



" 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 familiar with Indian life they may be specially commended for the 

 picture which they give of many of its lighter incidents and conditions, 

 and of several of its ordinary personages." Bath Chronicle. 



*' 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 Homceo- 

 pathic Review. 



" Former editions of this entertaining book having been received with 

 great favour by the publie ad by the press, a new edition has been issued 

 in elegant type and binding. The Author, although assuming a nom de 

 plume, is recognised as a distinguished cavalry officer, possessed of a vivid 

 imagination and a sense of humour amounting sometimes to rollicking and 

 contagious fun." Capital and Labour. 



