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A book descriptive of the past and present history of Ceylon. The book is divided into 2 parts, the past and the present. This book deals with the history of Sri Lanka, describing it through the ancient and modern cities. The cities mentioned are Mahintale, Anuradhapura, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa, Yapahuwa these make the past cities; and Adams peak, Perradeniya, Kandy, Trincomalee, Jaffna describe the modern times. There are 3 appendices and one of them is on the butterflies of Ceylon. This book was first published in 1884