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AT
DELHI.
By LOVAT FRASER.
AT DELHI
AT DELHI
BY
LOVAT FRASER
BOMBAY:
THE "TIMES OF INDIA" PRESS, and THACKER & CO. LD.
LONDON:
THE "TIMES OF INDIA" OFFICE, 121, FLEET ST., E.C.
and
W. THACKER & CO., 2, CREED LANE, LUDGATE HILL, E.C.
PRINTED AT THE
"TIMES OF INDIA" PRESS
BOMBAY
"Hear the long waves of acclamation roll!"
To T. J. B.
PREFACE.
THIS volume contains selections from the narratives which appeared in the Times of India during the recent Coronation Assemblage at Delhi. The chronicle was written for the most part at the end of the telegraph wire, without any thought of republication in book form. It was only after the issues containing the principal messages ran out of print, that the proposal to issue some of them in a more permanent shape was made. The accounts of certain of the gatherings, including the Opening of the Art Exhibition, the State Service, the
Assault-at-Arms, and the Small Investiture at the Viceregal Party on January 9th, are omitted, as well as a number of sketches of scenes in the camps and the city. Even as it is, I fear that a series of
descriptions of pageantry which were meant to be perused singly, may when read in bulk be found rather cloying.
The chapters entitled "India's Bazaar," "An Off Day," and "Princes of India," are from the pen of my colleague, Mr. L. Elwin Neame, whose initials are attached to each.
The note about the Taj is added by way of tail-piece.
Acknowledgments are due to the Proprietors of the Times of India for permission to republish these contributions to their journal.
L. F.
Bombay, February 5, 1903.
Contents
CHAPTER page I. 1 II. 7 III. 13 IV. 21 V. 29 VI. 36 VII. 42 VIII. 50 IX. 58 X. 64 XI. 80 XII. 89 XIII. 109 XIV. 114 XV. 126 XVI. 131 XVII. 137 XVIII. 146 XIX. 154 XX. 162 XXI. 169 XXII. 178 APPENDIX A The Proclamation183 B The Viceroy's Durbar Speech185 C The State Banquet193 D The Art Exhibition201 E The Workers207
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