Land of the eye; a narrative of the labors, adventures, alarums and excursions of the Denis-Roosevelt Asiatic expedition to Burma, China, India and the lost kingdom of Nepal. Hardcover. First Edition, 1940.

A well-written and informative book of Denis-Roosevelt’s Expedition to Burma, China, India and the Lost Kingdom of Nepal. Contents include the Indian of the sands, the dead city, the trail of the tattooed, the everywhere horse, the sorcerer's leg-rowers, the men of mud, the Princess of Nepal, the ghosts of Patan.

Excerpt from the New York Times review on Dec. 8, 1940 written by Katherine Woods: “In the Forbidden Land of Nepal; Hassoldt Davis's "Land of the Eye" Is an Excellent Account of the adventures of the Roosevelt-Denis Expedition”.

CONTENTS

1. Flight to the East

2. China Does Not Answer

3. The Indian of the Sands

4. The Dead City and the Hiccuping Gods

5. The Trail of the Tattooed

6. The Everywhere Horse

7. The Sorcerer's Leg-Rowers

8. Mad Monks and Amorous Elephants

9. The Hill of the Snake

10. The Bitter Burma Road

11. The Men of Mud

12. Mademoiselle from Kwe-hua-ting

13. The Last Laugh

I4. Princess of Nepal

I5. We Breach the Forbidden Land

16. The Master of Gold

17. "If Kali Will Be Forbearing

18. Indian Medley

19. The Land of the Eye

20. Death in Heaven

21. My Lord the Leech

22. Maybe an Automobile

23. Terror in the Night

24. Khatmandu

25. Outpost of Empire

26. Bhatgaon the Golden

27. Massacre at the Kot

28. The Place of the Dead

29. God of the Miracle

30. The Ghosts of Patan

31. Journey into Fear

32. September 3, 1939

33. The $1,000,000 Hat

34. The Heart of a World

35. The Poucher

36. Blood for the Gods

37. My Little Girl

CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Missing dust jacket. Book shows normal fairly minor sign of storage & age.  Pages have turned yellow from age, some scuffing mainly on the book’s cover. There are some numbers and a name written in pencil on the endpapers at the front of the book. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.