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{Online version] 3rd ed. London: Day, 1860
Captain Atkinson of the HEIC Bengal Engineers was one of the most popular authors of his time in British India. His writing reflects the common attitudes and prejudices of British society of the period and may offend some modern readers. This illustrated collection of 40 humorous anecdotes featuring various stereotypes such as 'our colonel' and 'our doctor's wife', 'our cook room', and 'our pig-sticking' can be accessed at [http://www.archive.org/details/curryriceonforty00atkiuoft Archive.org].
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.
A useful and readable introduction to the history of Friends involvement in India. The extent of their influence in so many spheres may surprise some readers. Quaker beliefs brought a different perspective to areas such as commerce (the first Friends-owned merchant ship to reach Calcutta in 1815 was 'armed' against the French with wooden, replica guns), journalism, education and politics. In covering the lives of these men and women (expatriate, Anglo-Indian and Indian), Sykes includes "missed opportunities and mis-steps", as well as the positives.
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