People and Places Here and There Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...caught the sound: vt last; Faint and far beyond the Goomtee Rose and fell the piper's blast Then a burst of wild thanksgiving o o Mingled woman's voice and inan's; " God be praised --the march of Havelock The piping of the clans " Louder, nearer, fierce as vengeance, Sharp and shrill as swords at strife, Came the wild MacGregor's clan-call, Stinging all the air to life. But when the far-off dust-cloud To plaided legions grew, Pull tenderly and blithesomely The pipes of rescue blew Round the silver domes of Lucknow, Moslem mosque and pagan shrine, Breathed the air to Britons dearest, The air of " Auld Lang Syne." O'er the cruel roll of war-drums Rose that sweet and homelike strain; And the tartan clove the turban, As the Goomtee cleaves the plain. Dear to the corn-land reaper And plaided mountaineer, --To the cottage and the castle The piper's song is dear. Sweet sounds the Gaelic pibroch O'er mountain, glen, and glade; But the sweetest of all music The Pipes at Lucknow played Wo will leave our story of India; not that it is finished, or ever would be if we were to read a hundred little books of this size; but you have read enough here to give you some idea of the wonderful country and its more wonderful people. I hope now, as you have time, you will go on reading other books, the "Zig-zags" and the "Boy Travelers;" and then as you grow older you will read the many interesting books written about this country for older people--so many of them, I will not burden you with their names and their authors, but I assure, you there is a wealth of reading ahead for you on this one country alone, to say nothing of the thousands of books of travels in other countries of our earth. But as we sail.away, let us visit Ceylon, the beautiful mountainous island...