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    434 The Publishers' Circular May i, me

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    434 The Publishers' Circular May I, Me

    434 The Publishers' Circular May i , me

    Books About Burma. U -^^^ N ^^^^ T ^^ Il...

    BOOKS ABOUT BURMA . Until latelthe British r public ¦ - ^ " ~ ¦ ¦¦ with ¦—¦ - ¦ - —¦ its

    well - ^^ known ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ r ^ a ^^^ ^ r ^ V ^ p * and ^^ p' ^^ " y V *¦ singular * ^^ " ^^ ^* p * ™^^^^^ ^^» ^^ " ^^ ^^^ ¦ — indifference ^^~^^ ^ ~ " ^ ^^ — , ^ m to " all — " ~ ^ matters ^^ ^^ p , ^^ V ^^^ pV ^ p *» ^ pp ^^ pp' P ^ p' affecting ^^ vW ^ pm ^ pp * ^ P ^^ ^ k ^ HP ^ p ^ ^ pp » pp » ^^^ p ^ our ^ p »^ Vp' ^ pB Ppppt ^ Indian ppPPh ^ V ^ appV ™ ^ p * pp ^ ^^^ P" ^^™ ^^ p * possessions ^ F ^™^ ^^ " w ^ " ^ " ^ pp ^ ^""^ ^^ P" ^^ ^^^ ^^ ™^™ ^^™ ' ™ and ^^ ~—~ — ^—^ ~" r —

    the contiguous countries , knew very little about the remarkable 'land ling between - ^ pp'

    " Hindustan ¦ ^^ r ^^ p ** ^ pp ^ ^^^» ^* V ^ " ^ ^* ^ h ^ and ^ " . ^ ^^^ " ^ ^ " ^ " ^ i # v ^ the ^* " ^ - ^^ pi ^ v ^ v v ^^ r 4 k Celestial ^ p . p ^ ^^* ^^^ p .. ^ ^™ ^""" ^^ " y w Emp —v ^^—^ v ^ b ^ m ire * — , —~ v * and »^— - ^ p ^ — known ^ p ^^^ p * p ^ b ppp > — ~ v w ap ^ ^™ as ^ " *^» " ^^ Burma ¦ . ^ . " ¦¦ ¦ ' ^ ¦ . **^ ^ p »^ pppp ^ p » mpr ^ p' , w * Now ^ pp » ^ ^ up » w " we ^ " ^ p ^ are ^~ w ^^^ ^~^ kept ^^ w ^— ^^ fairl —¦ ^^ ™^ — y *

    well acquainted with / the character of its people , if not of the country itself . The daily

    papers Tinners are a , r & full fill ] of of turbulent tnrhiilfmt news nftws rro fro m m the the land of the dethroned Theebaw . But Jt in order Pb » PPPP » to gain h an adequate *^ " ° "PF or i just h

    pp ^ ppppr ^ ppFBy PP >*>^ Pp > p ]^ P > ^^ p » ^ P ^»» ^» p *| ^ P » P ^ pP ^ ^^^ F ^ H ^^^*^^^ V ^^ P » ^ PP ) ^ PP > ^^^ P 1 ^^^ ^^™ ^™^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^ P 1 ^ PP" ^ M ^ —^ n "" r ^ P » ^ PP ^ 1 ^^ PF 1 H —^^ — — conception of the country , its characteristics , historyand peoplewe must fall i back ¦ ¦ upon

    well 1 ^^ ^ ppb ^^ bb Y ^ pP ^ pW ^^ p ^ pBppi planned V , ^ H ^™*^ pr ^ pp" ^^ " ^ ^^ ^ " M ^ i ^ ^^ books ^^ ^^ " ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ , ^» ^ ^ eman ^^^ ™ ^ ^^ ^ — ating » ^ ^^ ™ — ^ - ^^» from - ^^ ^» ^ good ^^ - ^ ™^ — ' - ^ authorities . V ^* ^^^ ^^ ^ V ^ B . ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ - ¦¦ ^ i ^ ¦ W

    The work of the editor of the Bombay Gazette can surely be considered as such . His new book ,

    * Burma , after the Conquest / effectively serves the purpose of enlightening the public mind

    with regard to the condition of that country , while it is , at the same time , a very readable

    volume . * The author ' s object has been to give an exact description of things as they areand

    to predict , as far as possible , the future , prospects of the country . We follow Mr . Geary ' s

    story Jr with unusual */ interest as he relates his v journey from Aryan India to Mongol Burma

    immediately after King Theebaw and his consorts had been deposed and deported . Being

    actually on the spot , the author was enabled to make observations which are of peculiar

    importance to investigators into the state of the country t / at the dawn of a British rule .

    After giving an account of the Burmese in Rangoon ^^ , Mr . Geary proceeds l to describe the

    troubles of Upper Burma , the dacoits , the ' royal hand' at Minelahand the spread of

    dacoity . The city of Man , dalay is graphically describedand much information will be found

    in chapters , relating to Buddhism in Burma , and the educational influence of Buddhism .

    A chapter is devoted to King Theebaw's —¦ home ¦¦—¦¦ " ^ — - ™ and ^^ ^ " ^^ ¦ ™ ^^ ^ ^ forei "" ^^ ^^^ ^^" r H ^^ gn ^ a ^ h ^^ ^ " » policy B" r ^^ i ^ ^^» ^^ ^^^ w ; ^ another ^ 'i ^^^ ^™ ^^ ^^^ ^ ' ^^ ^"" ^^^ ^^ to ^^ ' ^^ F' m French *^* m ^^ -m ^ ^ m tm ^ ~^ w ^ m w

    policy in Burma . Portions of the book , however ~ H r - ^^ * , ^ m to ~^* r ^^^ which v ^ ~— * v ^^ ~^ rr ^~ ^^ many ^^ ¦ ¦ ^^ ^ ^ i i ^ ^^ i ^ readers ^ B ^ fe ^ ^^ ' ^ ^^^ ^ - ^ . ^ — *^^ will v T «^ « v ^^ turn ^ r ^ h ^^ ^^ i *^ BBM with V w ^^ ^^ ^^ . ^

    special interest , are the remarks on measures of repression h ¦ h campai h ¦ ¦ gning against the dacoits

    the ^~ ~ " ¦ ¦ resources ' ^^ r ' —— r ~— m ~*^ — - , ^ p ^ - of - *^^ ^ K ^ H ^ the H «^ ^>« ^^ ^ v ^ ^_^^ k country ^^ ^^ *^ ^^ <^^ ^^ i ^^ k ^ 4 ^^^ ^^^^ h ^ V * , ^^ ^^^ ^^« and ^ B ^ V ^^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^ B ^^ its V ^^^^ ^ . ^ r ^ K ^ future V ^ V ^^ . ^ ^^^^ ^^* ^^ V ^^^ , ^ B prospects . In connection with the

    lastmentioned subject , we must quote a few of Mr . Geary ' s remarks :

    ' That the lot of the Upper Burmans will be sensibly ameliorated by the change in their destinies can scarcely be doubted . What more directly

    concerns older subjects of Her Majesty is whether their interests will bo equally benefited . We have accepted grave resp > nsibilities , from which L > rd

    Dalhousie and men of hiH undoubting tamper deliberately hold back . We have pushed our frontiers to the verge of Chinese defile . sand havo

    , encamped oar aoldiers under the shadow of hills on the further side of which France is endeavouring to maintain her ill-st-txred conquests . Wo have

    accepted , without hesitation , a financial deficit of nineteen lakhs a year in the hope that in ten or fifieon years if we have no Chinese war upon our

    and * Burma Commercial , after A the xpects Conquest froin . Momtalau : viewed in . its By Political Grattun , Geary Socia ! .

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    ——» hands in the meantime—Burman finance We establish have an added equilibrium to our and territories perhaps yield an immense a profit may .

    region , which will have to be held by a portion of an an army armv which which we we are are daily dailv told told is is too too weak went to f ^

    cope We do wi all th dangers this , and at perhaps the other ve a end re ri of ght the in doing Empire it . . '

    regard These to are our some new of possession the doubtful s ; but poin there ts with are I I

    _ _ ^^^^— ^^ - ~ V ^^_ - « - ^ v —m ~ - ™ - —m — ~ - - ^ -m ~ ~ - _ - ™ - - - ^^ — — — - j - — ~ ' ^^_ r ^^ m - ^^^ ^^ W ^^ ^^ J ^^ H ample prospects of increased trade in that quarter , which will assuredly bring many

    advantages to British commerce . in his Mr . new James volume George on Burma Scott * (' g Shway ives a Yoe brief ' )

    account of the country as it was , as it is , and as it will be . ' Mr . Scott has already written

    books on The Burman : His Life and Notions' and 'France and Tong King / In

    his present , preface the author relates a story I of that familiar class which aims at showing

    up the ignorance of obscure M . P . ' s . Conversation with a civilian just arrived from

    Burma naturally turned on that country , when the M . P . remarked * Burma—oh yes

    Burma . I had a cousin who , was out there for , some timebut he always called it Bermuda . '

    Mr . Scott , ' s book is not so extensive in its treatment of the subject as that which we

    have just mentioned , its aim evidently being to compress as much information as possible

    respecting the country into little bulk , so that a rough general knowledge may be attained j

    with little reading and that of a pleasant kind . The history of Burma is treated concisely and

    in an interesting style . A description of the country follows , the details being expressed

    with commendable brevity and directness of purpose . The best feature in the

    bookhoweveris the large amount of information , which is supp , lied with regard to the inhabitants ,

    including kings , officials , the Hlohtdaw , and the officers of the Household . The customs

    of the people , their faults , their devotion to reliiontheir superstitionstheir sociable ness

    their g smoking , proclivities ^ , , their trade , and , | i their content under British ruleare all !

    described in an easy readable style . The , tables ; of imports and exports are valuable additions .

    Georg * Burma e & cott : as . London it was , as : Georg if is , e and Red as way it . will be . By James ;

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    Few manuals can show such an array of | distinguished names connected with the j

    subj their ects reputation upon which as the they ' Manual have speciall of Surgery y made / j

    edited by Frederick Treves , F . R . O . S ., and published by Messrs . CasseJl . Sir William l of

    Mac Edinburg lVTa . r » L nr ormac > rmn h , on on on * Wounds Hernia T-Tfirnia , ' , Jrrofesso Pi Mr 'of . ^ HSor Mitchell r Ohipn Chiene Banks ** , ot ii ' on ' Diseases --r ~ - - ~ r r r r of the ~ ' ^¦^ ¦ Breast ¦ - ¦ 0 1 1 > ^^^ v ' Mr v ^^ ¦ . w Walter v v ^ . u ^^ ^ h ^ —1 i ~ m White 1 ^ ^^ ^ . ^ ^~ ~~~ - ^^ . ^ ^^ ^^^ *^ ^^ ^^^ *^ ^—^ ^ ^* ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ , ^ . ^^ ^^ ** * '

    head on ' Aifections of the Mouth and Palate , ' sub and ject the of Editor 'Hysteria himself / should on in tlie themselves interesting be j

    sutlicient to render the work a success , to say nothing of other _ and equally well-known

    o . — 'X J names . ¦

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1886, page 434, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051886/page/8/