Across India

Across India

William Taylor Adams, pseudonym Oliver Optic, was a noted academic and author (1822-1897)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- DEDICATION

-03- PREFACE

-04- ABOUT FINDING THE LONGITUDE

-05- THE WRECK IN THE ARABIAN SEA

-06- A REVIEW OF THE PAST FOURTEEN MONTHS

-07- FIRST AND SECOND CUTTERS TO THE RESCUE

-08- THE TITLED GENTLEMEN OF THE TRAVANCORE

-09- THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION IN THE CABIN

-10- DR. FERROLAN'S EXPLANATION OF THE WRECK

-11- AN INTERVIEW IN THE CAPTAIN'S CABIN

-12- CONCERNING THE GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

-13- THE FLORA AND THE SNAKES OF INDIA

-14- A PLEASANT DINNER-PARTY AT SEA

-15- THE POPULATION AND PEOPLE OF INDIA

-16- LORD TREMLYN DISCOURSES MORE ABOUT INDIA

-17- SIR HENRY HAVELOCK AND THE MUTINY

-18- ARRIVAL OF THE GUARDIAN MOTHER AT BOMBAY

-19- A MULTITUDE OF NATIVE SERVANTS

-20- A HOSPITAL FOR THE BRUTE CREATION

-21- A SNAKY SPECTACLE IN BOMBAY

-22- THE CAVES OF ELEPHANTA

-23- A JUVENILE WEDDING AND HINDU THEATRICALS

-24- JUGGERNAUT AND JUGGLERS

-25- A MERE STATEMENT ABOUT BUDDHISM

-26- THE UNEXAMPLED LIBERALITY OF THE HOSTS

-27- THE RECEPTION OF THE MAHARAJAH AT BARODA

-28- FELIX MCGAVONTY BRINGS DOWN SOME SNAKES

-29- THE MAGNIFICENT PROCESSION OF THE SOWARI

-30- VARIOUS COMBATS IN THE GUICOWAR'S ARENA

-31- AT THE CAPITAL OF THE PUNJAB

-32- THE WONDERFUL CITY OF DELHI

-33- THE MAGNIFICENT MAUSOLEUM OF AGRA

-34- THE TERRIBLE STORY OF CAWNPORE AND LUCKNOW

-35- MORE OF LUCKNOW AND SOMETHING OF BENARES

-36- A STEAMER TRIP UP AND DOWN THE GANGES

-37- ALL OVER THE CITY OF CALCUTTA

-38- A SUCCESSFUL HUNT IN THE SUNDERBUNDS

-39- THE PARTING FESTIVITIES ON THE HOOGLY

-40- THE FAREWELL TO CEYLON AND INDIA