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:[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://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000357DE ''Jottings and Recollections of a Bengal “Qui hye!”''] by Louis Emanuel [1886] British Library Digital Collection. Includes chapters about servants.
*[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/cu31924002826877 ''Mrs. Temple-Wright's Flowers and Gardens in India. With a Hindustant Vocabulary of Gardening and Botanical Terms''] 7th edition revised and edited by W Burns. 1922. Archive.org
* [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianlifeintown00compiala#page/iv/mode/2up/ ''Indian life in town and country''] by Herbert Compton, 1904 has six chapters called "Anglo-India Life" from [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianlifeintown00compiala#page/182/mode/2up page 183] Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/englishbrideinin035142mbp#page/n3/mode/2up '' The English Bride in India''] by Chota Mem ((Junior Memsahib, [Mrs. C. Lang]) 1909 Archive.org. The author is mentioned in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160611053842/https://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/08/20/cooks-of-the-british-raj-in-the-shadows/ "Cooks of the British Raj: In the Shadows of the Cantonments"] from Cynthia Bertelsen’s Gerkins and Tomatoes, now an archived webpage.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianidylls00unkngoog#page/n7/mode/2up ''Indian Idylls''] by Edith E Cuthell 1890 Archive.org. Short stories by the wife of an Army Officer
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/mygardenincityg00cutgoog#page/n7/mode/2up ''My Garden in the City of Gardens: A Memory''] by Edith E Cuthell 1905 Archive.org. Memories of life as an Army Officer’s wife in Lucknow.
*[httphttps://wwwarchive.neworg/details/in.ernet.dli.ernet2015.in211175/handlepage/2015/528072 n7 ''British Social Life In India 1608-1937''] by Dennis Kincaid 1938. Pdf downloadArchive.org, Digital Public Library of IndiaCollection.
*[https://archive.org/stream/simpleadventures00dunc#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib'']
by Sara Jeannette Duncan ... With illustrations by F. H. Townsend. 1893 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/221032 ''Indian Notes About Dogs''] by Major C. 1893. Pdf download, Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.221032 Archive.org version]. Full title: ''Indian Notes about Dogs, their Diseases and Treatment''. Compiled by Major C- [Chambers], author of ''Horse Notes''. Earlier edition 1889
