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:[https://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1976-on-top-of-the-world-five-women-explorers-in-tibet-by-miller-s-pdf/ ''On Top of the World–Five Women Explorers in Tibet''] by Luree Miller 1976. Link to a pdf download Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download button does not display, locate under Books/Tibet And China/1976.
*[https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003634620 ''Notes on Tea in Darjeeling''] by A Planter. 1888 Archive.org.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1891-thackers-guide-book-to-darjeeling-and-its-neighbourhood-by-mitchell-s-pdf/ ''Thacker’s Guide Book to Darjeeling and its Neighbourhood''] by Mitchell 1891. Link to a pdf download Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download link does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1235/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version], [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001869185 HathiTrust Digital Library version].:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.06668 ''Thacker’s Guide book to Darjeeling and its Neighbourhood: Second edition''] by G Hutton Taylor 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/ritchiesinindiae00ritc/page/362/mode/2up "Darjeeling 1888"] page 363, and [https://archive.org/details/ritchiesinindiae00ritc/page/372/mode/2up "Deputy Commissionership of Darjeeling 1890-92"] page 373 ''The Ritchies in India; extracts from the correspondence of William Ritchie, 1817-1862; and personal reminiscences of Gerald Ritchie'' compiled and edited by Gerald Ritchie 1920. Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/darjeelinghimal00unkngoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway: Illustrated Guide for Tourists''] 1896 Archive.org
*Darjeeling is mentioned in the first chapter of ''Among the Himalayas'' by Major L A Waddell, Indian Army Medical Corps [https://archive.org/details/himalayas00waddamongrich 1899 edition], [https://archive.org/details/amonghimalayas00wadd 2nd edition 1900] Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/newmansguidetod00publgoog#page/n10/mode/1up ''Newman's Guide to Darjeeling and Its Surroundings, Historical & Descriptive''] 1900 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.04790/mode/2up ''Newman’s Guide to Darjeeling and Neighbourhood''] 7th edition 1922 Archive.org.:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1930-newmans-guide-to-darjeeling-s-pdf/ ''Newman’s Guide to Darjeeling''] 1930. Pdf download Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download link does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2442/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version 1930, 9th edition].
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.71769 ''Darjeeling Route Guide''] by George P Robertson 1913. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: ''Darjeeling route guide: With directions, plans, a map and a complete index for the instruction and guidance of visitors to the town''.
*[https://archive.org/stream/n3journal25grea#page/268/mode/2up "Beriberi in Lebong"] [in 1914] by Major J C Kennedy, Royal Army Medical Corps, ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'', page 268 September 1915
*Catalogued as [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.37708 ''History Of The Darjeeling District''] by E C Dozey 1917, Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Full title as for 2nd edition. A chapter on schools commences digital page 99, and a chapter on cemeteries, with details of some burials, commences digital page 140. Note some pages appear to be missing.
:A revised 2nd edition, published c 1922 is titled [https://archive.org/details/ConciseHistoryOfDarjeelingDistrictSince1835 ''A Concise History of the Darjeeling District since 1835''] by E C Dozey Archive.org. The chapter on cemeteries commences [https://archive.org/stream/ConciseHistoryOfDarjeelingDistrictSince1835/Concise%20History%20of%20Darjeeling%20District%20since%201835#page/n185/mode/2up page 146]. [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.619 Another file, Archive.org], where images perhaps may be better.
*[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh/dhr_book/ ''Darjeeling & its Mountain Railway: A Guide and Souvenir published by the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway Co. Ld.''] 1921 vsdh.org**[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh/dhr_book/chap_6.htm Chapter 6 "Suburbs of Darjeeling"] includes details about the cantonments at Lebong, Jalapahar and Katapahar (although confusingly the latter is also called Jalapahar):This book is also available to download as a [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1921-darjeeling-and-its-mountain-railway-s-pdf/ pdf file] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. If download link does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2123 Archive.org mirror version].**[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2123/page/58/mode/2up Chapter 6 "Suburbs of Darjeeling"] includes details about the cantonments at Lebong, Jalapahar and Katapahar.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.04020/page/105/mode/2up "The Centenary of Darjeeling"] by Rev. H Hosten SJ page 106 ''Bengal Past and Present Volume 39 Jan-June 1930'' Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/travelerstalemem0000cand/page/68 A trip to Darjeeling (1941)] page 68 ''A Traveler's Tale : Memories of India'' by Enid Saunders Candlin 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The author’s husband was a metallurgist/chemical engineer who worked in India 1941-46.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1955-the-children-of-kanchenjunga-by-fletcher-s-pdf/ ''The Children of Kanchenjunga''] by David Wilson Fletcher. Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3043 Archive.org mirror version]. Some editions may have Full the full title: ''The Children of Kanchenjunga. On the lives of a tea-planter and his family in the Darjeeling Hills'', Published London 1955.:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1955-himalayan-tea-garden-by-fletcher-s-pdf/ ''Himalayan Tea Garden''] by David Wilson Fletcher. Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Full Cover title: ''Himalayan Tea Garden: A Young Family's Adventures on a Tea Plantation Near Darjeeling''. Published New York, 1955. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3037 Archive.org mirror version]. [https://archive.org/details/himalayanteagard00flet/mode/2up Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library edition], catalogued 1956. Catalogue details state "Originally published in London in 1955 under title: ''The children of Kanchenjunga''". Elsewhere, the author was stated to be a Gurkha officer who ran a tea plantation in Darjeeling in 1953.
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
