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.