Twenty-One Days in India, or, the Tour Of Sir Ali Baba K.C.B.; and, the Teapot Series

TWENTY-ONE DAYS IN INDIA

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ELUCIDATIONS - LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS: - THE TRAVELLING M.P. - THE A.D.C. IN WAITING - THE ARCHDEACON - THE BENGALI BABOO - THE POLITICAL AGENT - THE RED CHUPRASSIE - THE PLANTER - THE EURASIAN - THE OLD COLONEL - THE GRASS-WIDOW

MY DEAR MRS.

HORACE FITZDOTTREL.

Part I.—Persons I will try to avoid. " II.—Things I will try to avoid. " III.—Habits I will try to avoid. " IV.—Opinions I will try to avoid. " V.—Circumstances I will try to avoid.

PART I.—BAD COMPANY. - PERSONS I WILL TRY TO AVOID.

ELUCIDATIONS

+HE WAS A DIPLOMATIST RICK IN THE QUALITIES, OFFICIAL, AND SOCIAL, BY WHICH AMITY WITH FOREIGN NATIONS IS MAINTAINED.+ - +A VICEROY INDEPENDENT IN HIS VIEWS, RESOLUTE IN ACTION, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE.+ - +A POET OF MANY STYLES, EACH THE EXPRESSION OF HIS HABITUAL THOUGHTS.+ - +A MAN OF SUPERIOR FACULTIES HIGHLY CULTIVATED BE LITERATURE, ARDENT IN HIS AFFECTIONS, TENDER AND GENEROUS IN ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE, LAVISH IN HIS COMMENDATION OF OTHERS, AND HUMBLE IN HIS ESTIMATE OF HIMSELF.+

NOS. 10, 20 AND 35 - BABY IN PARTIBUS