Joseph Longford described how Japan had changed from the day he
first joined the Japan Consular Service to the day he retired as Consul in Nagasaki.
byJoseph Longford1849-1925
Indian History
A Page Out of Pageantry
In 1932, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession, the
Jam Sahib brought vanished days back to Nawanagar with a lavish hand.
byRonald Wild1934
Biographical Extracts
Mrs Sancho’s Barometer
Ann Sancho would be in better health, said her husband, if she
did not worry quite so much about him.
byIgnatius Sancho1729-1780
Sport and Sportsmen
The Millionaire
In the year that Ranjitsinhji put aside his bat to concentrate on
being the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, journalist A. G. Gardiner looked back on his dazzling career.
byA. G. Gardiner1865-1946
Liberty and Prosperity
The Most Perfect State of Civil Liberty
Chinese merchant Lien Chi tells a colleague that English liberties
have little to do with elections, taxes and regulations.
byOliver Goldsmith1728-1774
Extracts from Literature
A Pinch of Snuff
Marguerite, Lady Blakeney, is powerless to intervene as her husband
Sir Percy walks into a trap.
