“Mrs. Power O’Donoghue (more power to her—not that she wants it) shows no sign of ‘falling off.’ Indeed, she shows her readers how to become riders, and to stick on gracefully. She sketches her pupils ‘in their habits as they ride,’ and gives them a bit of her mind about bits, and tells them about spurs on the spur of a moment.”—Punch.

“Mrs. O’Donoghue is great on the subject of a lady’s riding-dress, and lays down some useful information which should not be forgotten.... From first to last she never errs on the side of anything approaching to bad taste, which is more than can be said for some equestriennes.”—Field.

“It is a characteristic of her book, as of all books of any value, that it has a distinctive character. Sound common sense, and a thoroughly practical way of communicating instruction, are its leading traits.”—Daily News.

“We venture to think that any clever girl reading what Mrs. O’Donoghue has to say on the subject will learn more than a dozen riding lessons can teach her.

—Illustrated London News.

“It is a very clever record of a year’s observations round the bungalow in ‘Dustypore.’ ... It is by no means a mere travesty.... The writer is always amusing, and never dull.”—Field.

“The book is cleverly illustrated by Mr. F. C. Macrae. We have only to thank our Anglo-Indian naturalist for the delightful book which he has sent home to his countrymen in Britain. May he live to give us another such.”—Chambers’ Journal.

“Will be absolutely indispensable to every member of the two professions in India, while the student will find in it everything he needs. We may congratulate Dr. Lyon on his admirable system of arrangement and the lucidity and simplicity of his style. His book is to the layman eminently readable, and probably no better book of reference has ever been prepared for professional men in India.—Times of India.

“The special feature of Dr. Lyon’s book is that Indian Law and Indian Practice are in each case contrasted with the Law and Practice in England, and the most conscientious care is expended in making the book absolutely exhaustive as a manual for Indian purposes. To all those who are engaged in the administration of the Law, as well as to students, the book will be found quite invaluable. The work is a monument of industry and research.”—Home News.

“It is the very model of what a popular natural history should be.”—Knowledge.

“An amusing work with good illustrations.”—Nature.

“Full of accurate observation, brightly told.”—Saturday Review.

“The results of a close and sympathetic observation.”—Athenæum.

“It has the brevity which is the soul of wit, and a delicacy of allusion which charms the literary critic.”—Academy.

“The notices of each animal are, as a rule, short, though on some of the larger mammals—the lion, tiger, pard, boar, &c.—ample and interesting details are given, including occasional anecdotes of adventure. The book will, no doubt, be specially useful to the sportsman, and, indeed, has been extended so as to include all territories likely to be reached by the sportsman from India. Those who desire to obtain some general information, popularly conveyed, on the subject with which the book deals, will, we believe, find it useful.”—The Times.

“Has contrived to hit a happy mean between the stiff scientific treatise and the bosh of what may be called anecdotal zoology.”—The Daily News.

“The plates are admirably executed by photo-lithography from the author’s originals, every line and touch being faithfully preserved. It is a volume which will be eagerly studied on many a table. Mr. Sterndale has many an amusing and exciting anecdote to add to the general interest of the work.”—Broad Arrow.

“The Volume is well got up and the drawings are spirited and natural.”—Illustrated London News.

“Colonel Kinloch, who has killed most kinds of Indian game, small and great, relates incidents of his varied sporting experiences in chapters, which are each descriptive of a different animal. The photo-gravures of the heads of many of the animals, from the grand gaur, popularly miscalled the bison, downwards, are extremely clever and spirited.”—Times.

“An attractive volume, full of sporting adventures in the valleys and forest hills extending along the foot of the Himalayas. Its pages are also interesting for the graphic description they give of the beasts of the field, the cunning instinct which they show in guarding their safety, the places which they choose for their lair, and the way in which they show their anger when at bay. Colonel Kinloch writes on all these subjects in a genuine and straightforward style, aiming at giving a complete description of the habits and movements of the game.”—British Mail.

“If Carlyle had ever condescended to notice sport and sportsmen he might probably have invented some curious and expressive phrase for the author of this book. It is the work of a genuine Shikhari. The heads have been admirably reproduced by the photograph. The spiral or curved horns, the silky hair, the fierce glance, the massive jaws, the thick neck of deer, antelope, yak or bison, are realistic and superior to anything that we can remember in any bookshelf full of Indian sport.”—Saturday Review.

“The splendidly illustrated record of sport. The photo-gravures, especially the heads of the various antelopes, are lifelike: and the letterpress is very pleasant reading.”—Graphic.

“There are rattling stories of flirtation and sport, with a good deal of the Lever swing; there are funny stories of practical jokes and sells, full of the irresponsible vivacity of the youngsters whom such toys delight; and there are sad little stories of deeper things, told with no affectation of solemnity, but rather more throat-lumping for that.”—Sunday Times.

“They sparkle with fun; they are full of life, merriment and humour.”—Allen’s Indian Mail.”

“We have seen entertainers who, with nothing but a piano and a decanter of water, could move an audience to laughter and tears for a whole evening; and Mr. Rudyard Kipling’s skill as a raconteur irresistibly reminds us of such feats.”—Broad Arrow.

“They reflect with light gaiety the thoughts and feelings of actual men and women, and are true as well as clever.... Mr. Kipling achieves the feat of making Anglo-Indian society flirt and intrigue visibly before our eyes.... His book gives hope of a new literary star of no mean magnitude rising in the east.”—Sir W. W. Hunter in The Academy.

“As for that terrible, scathing piece, “The Story of Uriah,” we know of nothing with which to compare it, and one cannot help the wretched feeling that it is true.... ‘In Spring Time’ is the most pathetic lament of an exile we know in modern poetry.”—Graphic.

Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.—“The book is one that no man who has ever sat in a saddle can fail to read with interest.”

The Field.—“The general directions are in most cases in accordance with our own opinions; and Mr. Hayes has supplemented his own experience of race-riding by resorting to Tom Cannon, Fordham, and other well-known jockeys for illustration. ‘The Guide’ is, on the whole, thoroughly reliable; and both the illustrations and the printing do credit to the publishers.”

The Sporting Life.—“It has, however, been reserved for Captain Hayes to write what in our opinion will be generally accepted as the most comprehensive, enlightened, and ‘all round’ work on riding, bringing to bear as he does not only his own great experience, but the advice and practice of many of the best recognized horsemen of the period.”

Society.—“The whole book is written in a style eminently suited to the subject.”

Athenæum.—“Is an eminently sensible and useful manual.... Is in all respects satisfactory.”

Scotsman.—“A thoroughly practical treatise.”

Graphic.—“Is as practical as Captain Horace Hayes’ ‘Veterinary Notes’ and ‘Guide to Horse Management in India.’ Greater praise than this it is impossible to give.”

Vanity Fair.—“Three-fourths of those who indulge in what they call riding in Hyde Park would do well to learn this book by heart.”

“His aim has been to give a faithful account of the Hindu deities such as an intelligent native would himself give, and he has endeavoured, in order to achieve his purpose, to keep his mind free from prejudice or theological bias. To help to completeness he has included a number of drawings of the principal deities, executed by native artists. The author has attempted a work of no little ambition and has succeeded in his attempt, the volume being one of great interest and usefulness; and not the less so because he has strictly refrained from diluting his facts with comments of his own. It has numerous illustrations.”—Home News.

“Mr. Wilkins has done his work well, with an honest desire to state facts apart from all theological prepossession, and his volume is likely to be a useful book of reference.”—Guardian.

“In Mr. Wilkins’ book we have an illustrated manual, the study of which will lay a solid foundation for more advanced knowledge, while it will furnish those who may have the desire without having the time or opportunity to go further into the subject, with a really extensive stock of accurate information.”—Indian Daily News.

“This is a remarkably bright little book. ‘Aliph Cheem,’ supposed to be the nom de plume of an officer in the 18th Hussars, is, after his fashion, an Indian Bon Gaultier. In a few of the poems the jokes, turning on local names and customs, are somewhat esoteric; but, taken throughout, the verses are characterized by high animal spirits, great cleverness, and most excellent fooling.”—The World.

“Aliph Cheem presents us in this volume with some highly amusing ballads and songs, which have already in a former edition warmed the hearts and cheered the lonely hours of many an Anglo-Indian, the pictures being chiefly those of Indian life. There is no mistaking the humour, and at times, indeed, the fun is both ‘fast and furious.’ Many portions remind us of the ‘Bab Ballads.’ One can readily imagine the merriment created round the camp fire by the recitation of ‘The Two Thumpers,’ which is irresistibly droll.... The edition before us is enlarged, and contains illustrations by the author, in addition to which it is beautifully printed and handsomely got up, all which recommendations are sure to make the name of Aliph Cheem more popular in India than ever.”—Liverpool Mercury.

“The ‘Lays’ are not only Anglo-Indian in origin, but out-and-out Anglo-Indian in subject and colour. To one who knows something of life at an Indian ‘station’ they will be especially amusing. Their exuberant fun at the same time may well attract the attention of the ill-defined individual known as ‘the general reader.’”—Scotsman.

“To many Anglo-Indians the lively verses of ‘Aliph Cheem’ must be very well known, while to those who have not yet become acquainted with them we can only say read them on the first opportunity. To those not familiar with Indian life they may be specially commended for the picture which they give of many of its lighter incidents and conditions, and of several of its ordinary personages.... We have read the volume with real pleasure, and we have only to add that it is nicely printed and elegantly finished, and that it has several charming woodcuts, of which some are by the author, whom Indian gossip, by the way, has identified with Captain Yeldham, of the 18th Hussars.”—Bath Chronicle.

“Satire of the most amusing and inoffensive kind, humour the most genuine, and pathos the most touching pervade these ‘Lays of Ind.’ ... From Indian friends we have heard of the popularity these ‘Lays’ have obtained in the land where they were written, and we predict for them a popularity equally great at home.”—Monthly Homœopathic Review.

“The author, although assuming a nom de plume, is recognised as a distinguished cavalry officer, possessed of a vivid imagination and a sense of humour amounting sometimes to rollicking and contagious fun. Many of his ‘Lays’ suggest recollections of some of the best pieces in the ‘Ingoldsby Legends,’ or in the ‘Biglow Papers’ of Russell Lowell, while revealing a character of their own.”—Capital and Labour.