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From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
"You must remember," said Mme. Blavatsky, "that I never meant this for a scientific work. My letters to the Russian Messenger, under the general title: 'From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan, ' were written in leisure moments, more for amusement than with any serious design. "Broadly speaking, the facts and incidents are true; but I have freely availed myself of an author's privilege to group, colour, and dramatize them, whenever this seemed necessary to the full artistic effect; though, as I say, much of the book is exactly true, l would rather claim kindly judgment for it, as a romance of travel, than incur the critical risks that haunt an avowedly serious work." To this caution of the author's, the translator must add another; these letters, as Mme Blavatsky says, were written in leisure moments, during 1879 and 1880, for the pages of the Russki Vyestnik, then edited by M. Katkoff. Mme.
Media | Boeken Paperback Book (Boek met zachte kaft en gelijmde rug) |
Vrijgegeven | 12 februari 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9781985034204 |
Uitgevers | Createspace Independent Publishing Platf |
Pagina's | 284 |
Afmetingen | 152 × 229 × 15 mm · 381 g |
Taal en grammatica | Engels |
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