The Diary of a Civilian`s Wife in India, 1877-1882

Mrs Robert Moss King, The Diary of a Civilian's Wife in India, 1877-1882, London: Richard Bentley and Sons, 1884

(In 2 Volumes)
Volume I: pp. xiii, 290 + 16 Autotype plates + map of the area travelled by the author. The 20 chapters cover arrival from England to Bombay via Aden, Meerut [where her husband was posted], Sardhana, Bulandshahr, Mussoorie, Landour, Delhi, Alwar, Jaipur, Ajmer, Agra, Muttra, Nau Chandi Fair, Moradabad and Rampur.

Volume II: pp. ix, 268 + map + 16 Autotype plates. The 15 chapters cover Naini Tal, Gurmacktesar [Garhmukteshwar], Dehra [Dun], Landour, Chakrata, Saharanpur, Amritsar, Patiala, Murree, Kashmir, Srinagar, Islamabad, Martand, Banihal Pass, Jammu, Lahore, Sialkot, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Matheran, Bombay, Leaving India via Suez.

Original cloth binding (each)
8 x 5.4 in (20 x 13.5 cm) (each)

With 32 Autotype plates showing watercolours by the authoress. She illustrated both volumes with many drawings made by herself while travelling. A diary quite sympathetic to Indians and a refreshing change from the general deprecatory attitude of the memsahibs at the high noon of the Raj. The author was AUGUSTA M KING and her husband Robert Moss King was the district collector based in Meerut.

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