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THACKER, 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 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. . . . We have read 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 i8th 
Hussars." — Batk 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 Homceopathic 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 nom de plume, is recognized 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. 
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, May Tjth, 1876. 
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