HENRY SAVAGE LANDOR AUTHOR OF " COREA, OR THE LAND OF THE MORNING CALM," " ALONE WITH THE HAIRY AINU," ETC.Īlso various official documents, including the enquiry and report by j. IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY IN TIBET CAPTURE BY THE TIBETAN AUTHORITIES IMPRISONMENT, TORTURE, AND ULTIMATE RELEASE BY A. Henry Savage Landor and his Two Faithful Servants To geographical science such as no previous explorer has been ableĪ. On Southern Tibet and its people, and on the little known Indianĭistrict of Northern Kumaon. Stirring adventure, the book is a valuable storehouse of information Apart from its intense interest as a story of Landor is an artist as well as a writer,Īnd this handsome volume is most lavishly illustrated with sketchesĪnd photographs. Received for many a year a more important addition than thisīright, picturesque, and instructive volume."ĭaily Chronicle: "Mr. Whatever may be said of the wisdom of his enterprises, hisīook is certainly a remarkable contribution to the literature ofĭaily News: "The great library of travel in the East has not He knows how to use his pencil and brush to emphasise his letter-press. Landor is an artist as well as traveller and writer, and Heightened by the numerous drawings and photographs by theĪuthor. Gives are extremely vivid, and the effect of them is greatly
Which the explorer and his faithful servants bore up against their Will admire the vigour with which it is told, and the endurance with Tales of modern times, yet even the most sceptical reader Landor's story is one of the most extraordinary Travel book produced within recent times."ĭaily Telegraph: "Mr. Landor's bitter experiences have had at least theĪdvantage of providing him with material for the most absorbing Phenomena of the Forbidden Land, which are reinforced by anĪmple series of illustrations that attain a high standard of artisticĮxcellence. Powerful and vivid are his descriptions of the scenery and natural Pictures of the life, manners, and customs of the Tibetans. To present a wonderfully minute and impressive series of World: "He has contrived, even in circumstances of cruel disadvantage,
True of that part of life which may be devoted to the reading of his Landor, has 'barely aĭull moment,' and the gloomiest of us will admit that this is at least Most attractive records of travel published recently." Photographs or sketches taken on the spot render this one of the His frequent notices ofĬurious customs are full of interest, and numerous illustrations from It is a book, certainly, that will be read withĪthenæum: "The account he has written of his travels andĪdventures is vivid and often fascinating. Landor tells a plain and manly tale, without affectation Other travellers, no doubt, have goneįurther, but none who have escaped with their lives have fared Which show that in a very few weeks he must have endured a lifetime Times: "The ordinary reader will be struck with the portraits,
0 kommentar(er)
