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Other aspects of society: final? editing of Cury & rice review
{Online version] 3rd ed. London: Day, 1860
Captain Atkinson of the HEIC Bengal Engineers was one of the most popular writers authors of his time in British India. His writing reflects the common attitudes and prejudices of society of the period and may offend some modern readers. This illustrated collection of 40 humorous anecdotes about featuring various British types stereotypes such as 'our colonel' and 'our doctor's wife', standard places such as 'our cook room', and classic events like 'our pig-sticking' can be accessed at [http://www.archive.org/details/curryriceonforty00atkiuoft Archive.org]. This A page from ''Ballads of Burma : anecdotal and analytical'' by Oolay (2007 reprint of a 1912 edition) at [http://books.google.com/books?id=4qKEoh7i47EC&pg=RA1-PT6 Limited View Google Books] gives more details of George Atkinson.

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