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*[https://archive.org/stream/b24757986#page/600/mode/2up/ “Wintering in India”] page 600 ''Mediterranean winter resorts : a complete and practical handbook to the principal health and pleasure resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean, with special articles on the principal invalid stations by resident English physicians'' by Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball, Fifth edition 1904 Archive.org. Also contains ''Volume II, North Africa and Mediterranean Islands'' from p 331.
*[https://archive.org/details/bygonedaysinindi00dewa Bygone days in India] by Douglas Dewar 1922. Archive.org
* Also see books Books in the next section.following sections may include initial chapters which could be classified as '"Guides"
==The Passage to India ==
*[http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/onmyplate/entry/little-luxuries-splendour-in-the-grass "Little Luxuries: Splendour in the grass"] by Vikram Doctor May 24, 2013 ''The Times of India: The Economic Times''. [http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=ETNEW&BaseHref=ETM%2F2013%2F05%2F24&PageLabel=28&EntityId=Ar02801&ViewMode=HTML Alternative version with a photograph] "...a system of cooling that used the roots of a type of jungle grass called khus-khus that ... was "collected on account of their aromatic smell, to form thatch tatties, or screens for the doors and windows.""
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080817/spectrum/main1.htm "Beating the heat: Cooling tales from the Raj"] by Pran Nevile August 17, 2008 ''Spectrum: The Tribune''
*[http://budapesttimes.hu/2014/09/10/finding-a-punkah-wallah-and-other-essential-raj-tips/ "Finding a punkah-wallah, and other essential Raj tips"] Flora Steel and Grace Gardiner wrote a book in the 1880s “The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook” 10 September 2014 ''The Budapest Times''. Retrieved 17 September 2014. The book is available online, refer below.
*[http://rupkatha.com/memsahib-performing/ "The “Politically Correct Memsahib”: Performing Englishness in Select Anglo-Indian Advice Manuals"] by S Vimala, M G R College, Hosur. ''The Rupkatha Journal'' Volume 5, No. 2, 2013.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=FjcCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Englishwoman in India: Information for Ladies on their Outfit, Furniture, Housekeeping .... and Receipts for Indian Cookery''] by "a Lady Resident" 1864 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=FjcCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA113 Indian Cookery page 113]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sOlGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Life in India : a series of sketches showing something of the Anglo-Indian, the land he lives in, and the people among whom he lives''] by Edward Braddon 1872 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/indianoutfitsest00angliala ''Indian Outfits & Establishments : practical guide for persons to reside in India : detailing the articles which should be taken out, and the requirements of home life and management there''] by An Anglo-Indian 1882 Archive.org. From articles first published in the magazine ''The Bazaar''.
*[https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b28709871 ''On Duty under a Tropical Sun : being some practical suggestions for the maintenance of health and bodily comfort and the treatment of simple diseases, with remarks on clothing and equipment for the guidance of travellers in tropical countries''] by Major S Leigh Hunt Madras Army and Alexander S Kenny 1882 Wellcome Library Digital Collection. Includes military matters. May be slow to read online, if so download may be preferable.
:[https://archive.org/details/tropicaltrialsha00hunt ''Tropical Trials. A Hand-book for Women in the Tropics''] by Major S Leigh Hunt Madras Army and Alexander S Kenny. 1883 Archive.org.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/sketchesofsocial015334mbp#page/n1/mode/2up/ ''Sketches of Social Life in India''] CT Buckland: 1884 considers the lives of differing sectors of society. Source: Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/chutneypapersso00macdgoog ''Chutney Papers: Society, Shikar, and Sport in India''] by 'C.M., a Bombay-Walla' 1884. Archive.org. Humorous sketches of life on a 'station'. The author is catalogued as Cameron Joseph F.S . MacDowall, who was a doctor, born 1832, listed on page 467, ''Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930 - Volume 2'' by Lieutenant-Colonel D. G. Crawford.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/behindbungalow00aitkiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Behind the Bungalow''] by EHA [Edward Hamilton Aitken] 10th edition 1911. First published 1889. Archive.org
*''The Complete Indian Housekeeper & Cook : giving the duties of mistress and servants, the general management of the house, and practical recipes for cooking in all its branches'' by F A Steel and G Gardiner, first published 1888. [https://archive.org/details/b28081663 Third Edition 1893], [https://archive.org/details/b2814210x New Edition 1898], [https://archive.org/details/b21528640 New and Revised Edition 1909] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.44606 ''The Englishwoman In India''] by Maud Diver 1909 Archive.org
*''Indian gardening; a manual of flowers, fruits, and vegetables, soils and manures, and gardening operations of every kind in Bengal, the upper provinces, & the hill stations of India'' by Lieutenant Fred. Pogson.1872 [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924000684930?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Volume I Flower and Fruit Garden''], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924000684930?urlappend=%3Bseq=235 ''Volume II the Kitchen Garden]'' (in one volume) Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/flowersandgarden031469mbp#page/n7/mode/2up ''Flowers And Gardens In India: A Manual for Beginners''] by Mrs R Temple Wright 4th edition 1902 Archive.org
