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CARY, Amelia. [Viscountess Falkland]
Chow-Chow; Being Selections from a Journal kept in India, Egypt, and Syria.
The book is divided into two parts. The larger part deals with the author's life in India; the remainder with her journey home, during which she visited Egypt, the Holy Land, and Syria. A colourful picture of life in India during the days of the East India Company, the author having travelled extensively within her husband's fiefdom. The same good humour ensured that Amelia Cary's account of the journey home is entertaining as well as informative (Theakstone).
- Published
- London: Hurst and Blackett, 1857.
- References
- Robinson p. 212
- Plates
- 2
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Hurst and Blackett, 1857.
- Ref
- 685
Pp. x 326; x 287 (1) x. With two hand-coloured frontispieces and title vignettes. Contemporary half calf with spine ruled in gilt, and with green title labels with gilt lettering, boards rubbed. Re-cased. Hinges to volume two are weak and with small burn marks on the front cover of volume two. FIRST EDITION. The Falklands lived in Bombay from 1848 to 1853, during which time Amelia's husband, Viscount Falkland, was Governor of Bombay. This account of Anglo-Indian life includes interesting observations on social and diplomatic life. Volume two contains travel accounts from Cairo, Luxor Alexandria, Karnak Jerusalem, Nazareth Damascus, and Jordan. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. Frontis. Moollah, or Priest of the Bohras. [MS note in ink 'copied from a drawing by W. Carpenter given to [?} Bartle Fuere. 1851' Volume 2. 2. Frontis. Walkeshwur.
