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About the Book:-The author has painstakingly prepared the text of these two volumes to give a good coverage on India and Sri Lanka when he was a scribe in Sri Lanka in the 19th century, with stories that are at once both entertaining and informative. The increased facilities of intercourse with Europe are rapidly producing innovations in India, and in Anglo-Indian life. Railways and the electric telegraph, a Civil Service no longer to be appointed on account of its family connections, and a public opinion in England bearing upon Indian government, must, sooner or later, produce a complete revolution in the ordinary existence. Both the volumes discuss about political, social, and private, that caught his attention, and interest, during his various editorships. The volume 1 contains the colonial newspaper; jungle accidents; Calcutta and its vehicles; the fashionable church in Calcutta; Anglo-Indian comforts; newspaper editing if the Far-East; steaming up the Ganges; the priests harem in Delhi, etc. The volume 2 covers the Seikhs and their founder; the educated and the uneducated Hindu; the emperor Napoleon and king glass; a ghost story, a launch in the Crater of a Volcano, the Omnibuses of the Land of Goshen and Ceylonese History etc. So, in that perspective it is immensely good for common readers. About the Author:-William Knighton was born in 1824 and passed away in 1900. He spent much of his career in Sri Lanka and India. He was a journalist and worked in newspaper in Sri Lanka. He wrote also few books during his stay in both these countries. He is the author of books such as Elithu Jan's Story or The Private Life of an Eastern Queen; The Private Life of an Eastern King; Forest Life in Ceylon, Vol. 1 of 2. The Title 'Tropical Sketches Or Reminiscences Of An Indian Journalist (2nd) written/authored/edited by William Knighton', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121247436 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 357 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:- Vol. 2nd. PODA