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 IV. THACKEk &• CO., LONDON.

lh Edition. Crown 8va, cloth gilt, 6j. Rs.

LAYS OF IND.

COMIC, SATIRICAL, AND

DESCRIPTIVE.

Poems Illustrative of Anglo-Indian Life

By ALIPH CHEEM.

Illustrated by the Author, Lionel Inglis, R. A. StBrndaLE, and others.

The World.— "This is a remarkably bright little book. In a few of the poems Ihe 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."

Demy 8vo., cloth, 6j. net. Rs. 4-8.

ANIMALS OF NO IMPORTANCE.

By DOUGLAS DETAR, F.ZS., LCS,

Author of " Bombay Docks," etc

A BOOK DEALING WITH THE

COMMON BIRDS AND BEASTS OF

INDIAN DAILY LIFE.

Nature. — " We may commend the work as an excellent example of ' Nature-leaching.' and at the same time as showing how the enforced tedium and confinement of Indian hot weather life may he mitigated by the intelligent observation of the waysof the uninvited deniiensof the bungalow and its immediate surroundings."

Academy aid Literature.-" A chatty anecdote book, showing a sense of human and kindly insight."

Englishman.— " The reader will easily fall under the sway of the writer's charms."