[DOWNLOAD] "Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century" by Montague Massey * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century
- Author : Montague Massey
- Release Date : January 19, 2012
- Genre: Asia,Books,Travel & Adventure,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 2007 KB
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It is a travel history book. I think it would be advisable for me to state at the outset that these reminiscences are at the outset that these reminiscences are entirely devoid of sensational elements, in order to prevent any possible disappointment and remove from the minds of those, and I know several, who have conceived the idea that I am about to disclose matters that, as far as I am concerned, must for ever lie buried in the past. There are certain startling incidents still fresh in my memory that I could relate, but they would be out of place in a work of this nature. A considerable amount of the subject-matter contained herein is devoted to a descriptive account of the wonderful transformation that has overtaken the city since my first arrival in the sixties, and to the many and varied structural improvements and additions that have been, and are still being, made in streets and buildings, both public and private. The origin and conception of this little work is due to the inspiration of my friend Walter Exley of the Statesman staff.