# Sketches of social life in India

Author: Buckland, C. T. (Charles Thomas), 1824-1894

Genre: Category: History - British

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73610

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Sketches+of+social+life+in+India+Buckland&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

There are two different classes of people who know very little about India. First there is your old Indian, who fancies that he knows all about the presidency, say Bombay, in which he spent his time, but is as ignorant of the presidencies of Bengal and Madras as he is of China and Japan. Secondly, there is your real rural Englishman, who has had no relations or connections in India, and is, perhaps, still grieving over the untimely fate of some old friend who went out and suddenly died in India. There undoubtedly still exists in many English circles a considerable amount of ignorance and a deep-rooted prejudice against all things Indian. It is possible that this prejudice may be traced ba...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-of-social-life-in-india-73610/chapters/6/index.md)
- [PART II.—The China Sea, with the Ports of Java, Australia and Japan](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-of-social-life-in-india-73610/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-of-social-life-in-india-73610/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-of-social-life-in-india-73610/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-of-social-life-in-india-73610/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-of-social-life-in-india-73610/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-of-social-life-in-india-73610/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART I.—The East Indies, and Interjacent Ports of Africa and South](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-of-social-life-in-india-73610/chapters/7/index.md)