Twentieth Century Impressions Of Ceylon Its History People, Commerce, Industries, And Resources

About the Book :-This large commemorative book on the island nation of Sri Lanka is a veritable mine of information on a wide variety of aspects of this country. Contained within its 916 pages are erudite articles on : the history of Ceylon; constitution and law; legal, judicial and administrative establishments; archaeology, geology, weather; fauna, botany, irrigation; native customs and arts; post and telegraph; railways; education; medical department; rubber, cacao, opium, tea, coconuts, arrack and toddy; the city of Colombo; time, currency, weights and measures; provincial administrations; fisheries; military and volunteers, etc. There are short notes on the leading personages and prominent business houses operating at the time of the compilation of this book, and hundreds of century-old photographs that illustrate the book throughout. This book was first published in 1907. Other titles published by AES in the same series are : Indian States (a description of 90 native Indian states); Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa; and, Southern India. About the Author:-Arnold Wright was the London editor of the Yorkshire Post. He was trained for journalism under his father, and in 1879 he went to India to take work on the Times of India. In Australia he was private secretary to Anna Brassey and was on board the Sunbeam when she died. After her death he was involved in the production of her posthumously published work The Last Voyage. After leaving the Yorkshire Post he wrote and edited a number of travel reference books, notably the Twentieth Century Impressions series. He visited Ceylon in 1906, to complete that edition of the series. Wright was also the part author of Parliament, Past and Present. In 1933 he was awarded a Civil list pension in recognition of his literary work. The Title 'Twentieth Century Impressions Of Ceylon Its History People, Commerce, Industries, And Resources written/authored/edited by Arnold Wright', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121232258 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 916 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 21.59 x 27.94 cms Vol:-