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About The Book : This book contain a concise and comprehensive account of the various interests and characteristics of Kashmir and its inhabitants, including climbs on higher peaks and journeys through upland routes. The book also highlights efforts to improve the moral and physical well-being of the people through the Mission Hospital and School, and encourages qualified individuals to consider taking up such work. About The Author: Ernest Frederic Neve (1861-1946) was a British surgeon, Christian medical missionary, and author who provided medical care to the people of Kashmir and pioneered work on Kangri cancers. He established the Kashmir Mission Hospital and the Kashmir State Leper Hospital with his brother Arthur Neve and made significant contributions throughout the over 50 years that he spent in Kashmir. He attended the Brighton Grammar School, now known as the Brighton, Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College. After spending two years in Germany, he entered the University of Edinburgh in 1879.He began medical training in 1882 and was heavily influenced by his brother Arthur Neve who had already dedicated himself to missionary work in Kashmir. He wrote several books, including Beyond the Pir Panjal: Life Among the Mountains and Valleys of Kashmir (1912); Beyond the Pir Panjal: life and missionary enterprise in Kashmir (1914); A Crusader in Kashmir (1928), the story of Arthur Neve's life and work; English-Kashmiri: A Vocabulary of the Kashmiri Language (1973);and Things Seen in Kashmir (1931).