Part 47
It describes all that the intelligent author saw, in a clear and very agreeable manner, and mentions many things of a personal character, which, of course, would form no part of an official report.--_Baltimore American._
There is a freshness and vividness in his descriptions which makes the book more than commonly attractive.--_Puritan Recorder._
Mr. Spalding writes with great ease and perspicuity. His powers of description are fully adequate to any occasion which requires their exertion, as is abundantly evidenced in the present work.--_Petersburg Intelligencer._
A very readable journal of the Japan Expedition, by an officer which, though aiming only at re-producing the impressions of the writer’s mind, gives a good view of the strange scenes and characters which the opening of that country disclosed.--_N. Y. Evan._
Mr. Spalding’s work gives the results of his observations precisely as they occurred to him at the time, his mind being singularly unbiassed by the enthusiasm of those by whom he was surrounded. He looks upon things with a cool, discriminating eye, neither over-estimating nor undervaluing the advantages of our new relations.--_N. Y. Herald._
It is the first account of Perry’s Expedition, and will always be more popular than any government report.--_St. Louis Leader._
“Every Inch a King.”--_Harper’s Magazine._
The Private Life of an Eastern King, from the MS. of a member of the household of his late Majesty, Nussir-u-Deen, King of Oude. By WM. KNIGHTON, author of “Forest Life in Ceylon,” &c. 12mo., cloth, 75 cents.
The whole story reads like a lost chapter from the Arabian Nights.--_Lon. Athenæum._
Gives a better insight into purely eastern manners than any work we know of.--_London News of the World._
This amusing volume lets the reader very much behind the scenes, as regards haut ton in Asia. Since the appearance of the Arabian Nights, there has been no such exposition of the sayings and doings of eastern royalty.--_N. Y. Daily Times._
Lucknow, the capital, is noted for its extraordinary menagerie of wild animals, and one of the chief amusements of the court appears to have been to witness them fight. Some very exciting contests are narrated, and the book contains much of interest to the sportsman. It also conveys a vivid picture of eastern manners, as seen in all their familiarity; and some of the adventures recorded are scarcely less wonderful than those of Hajji Baba.--_Boston Traveller._
The career of the cabin-boy barber, who exercised such great influence over the crown, and so much to his own advantage, having amassed the sum of £240,000 before he returned, is a very curious one, and well told. On the whole, this is one of the most amusing books of the season.--_Boston Telegraph._
He lifts the curtain and unfolds the minutiæ of the daily life of an absolute sovereign. We learn more of eastern manners and Hindoo peculiarities than from stately historians or elaborate geographies. We can commend it as an entertaining volume.--_Religious Herald Richmond. Va._
Transcriber's Notes:
Italics are shown thus: _sloping_.
Bold type is shown thus: =shout=.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation are retained.
Perceived typographical errors have been changed.