Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938 / 2008-07-24 00:00:00

EBOOK ROVING EAST AND ROVING WEST ***


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[Illustration: TWO MEN ADMIRING FUJI FROM A WINDOW From Hokusai's "A
Hundred Views of Fuji"]

ROVING EAST
AND
ROVING WEST

BY

E. V. LUCAS

TO
E. L. L.
MY HOST AT RAISINA

"Yes, Sir, there are two objects of curiosity,
e.g., the Christian world and the Mahometan
world."--DR. JOHNSON.
"Motion recollected in tranquillity."--WORDSWORTH (_very nearly_).


CONTENTS

INDIA
NOISELESS FEET
THE SAHIB
THE PASSING SHOW
INDIA'S BIRDS
THE TOWERS OF SILENCE
THE GARLANDS
DELHI
A DAY'S HAWKING
NEW, OR IMPERIAL, DELHI
THE DIVERS
THE ROPE TRICK
AGRA AND FATEHPUR-SIKRI
LUCKNOW
A TIGER
THE SACRED CITY
CALCUTTA
ROSE AYLMER
JOB AND JOE
EXIT

JAPAN
INTRODUCTORY
THE LITTLE LAND
THE RICE FIELDS
SURFACE MATERIALISM
FIRST GLIMPSE OF FUJI
TWO FUNERALS
THE LITTLE GEISHA
MANNERS
THE PLAY
MYANOSHITA
FUJI

AMERICA
DEMOCRACY AT HOME
SAN FRANCISCO
ROADS GOOD AND BAD
UNIVERSITIES, LOVE AND PRONUNCIATION
FIRST SIGNS OF PROHIBITION
R. L. S.
STORIES AND HUMORISTS
THE CARS
CHICAGO
THE MOVIES
THE AMERICAN FACE
PROHIBITION AGAIN
THE BALL GAME
SKY SCRAPERS
A PLEA FOR THE AQUARIUM
ENGLISH AND FRENCH INFLUENCES
SKY-SIGNS AND CONEY ISLAND
THE PRESS
TREASURES OF ART
MOUNT VERNON
VERS LIBRE
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE
BOSTON
PHILADELPHIA
GENERAL REFLECTIONS

INDEX


INDIA
NOISELESS FEET

Although India is a land of walkers, there is no sound of footfalls.
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