# Colonial facts and fictions: Humorous sketches Author: Milne, John, 1850-1913 Genre: Category: Short Stories Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69580 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Colonial+facts+and+fictions%3A+Humorous+sketches+Milne&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Residents in foreign lands often think that it is an impertinence if a passing stranger write about them. Those who have been for a long time resident in a country seldom write a description of their experiences. About many things they seem to have learnt how little they really know, whilst to things of every-day occurrence they have become so accustomed, that they do not think them worthy of description. The persons who do write, and who delight to write about a place, are the birds of passage. These persons know very little about their subject. The very fact of only knowing a little about a place adds a charm to an attempt at its description. If you know everything about it you are incl... ## Chapters - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/12/index.md) - [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/16/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/18/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/19/index.md) - [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/14/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/17/index.md) - [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/13/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/15/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/11/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/20/index.md) - [Part 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/23/index.md) - [Part 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/22/index.md) - [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/21/index.md) - [Part 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/24/index.md) - [Part 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/colonial-facts-and-fictions-humorous-sketches-69580/chapters/25/index.md)