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Reviews of A Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, 1862-63 by William Gifford Palgrave, Published 1865 [‎19r] (37/42)

The record is made up of 1 file (21 folios). It was created in 1865. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Palgrave'^ Arabia, I 215
althougli the colouring may sometimes be too high, we see no
sufficient reason to doubt that the outlines of what he depicts
from personal observation are for the most part faithfully drawn.
We must altogether object, however, to the course which he
has pursued with regard to the narratives, especially of historical
events, which he says he collected from the Arabs. He gives a
general intimation, it is true, that he relates them as they were
told to him, and that he is not responsible for their accuracy ; but,
having done this, he proceeds to embody them in his own narra
tive, to comment upon and use them as if their accuracy were
undoubted. We have pointed out some instances and might
have cited many more in which a very moderate acquaintance
with the authentic information that was available to him would
have enabled him to correct the errors to which he has given cur
rency, and which must prevent his book from ever being regarded
as an authority.
A rt. VIIL— A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature
and Art, By Thomas Wright, Esq.; with Illustrations from
various sources, drawn and engraved by F. W. Fairholt, Esq.
AMONG the many contributions which Mr. Thomas Wright
has made towards English antiquarian research, and, in
particular, towards the familiar delineation of the manners and
customs of our ancestors, none is, perhaps, so popular or so well
known as his two volumes entitled ' England under the House of
Hanover, illustrated from the Caricatures and Satires of the day.'
The very spirited woodcuts with which this book is adorned
by Mr. Fairholt might alone have sufficed to make its fortune.
Published only in 1848, it is already difficult to procure a
copy. Encouraged by his success in this line, Mr. Wright has
now attempted the wider enterprise announced in this title-page.
We fear that in doing so he has been somewhat over ambitious.
A history of the ' caricature and grotesque in literature and art,'
extending over all countries and all time, comprising not only
pictorial representations, but poetry, satire, the drama, and buf
foonery of all descriptions, is a subject which, if it be attempted at
all in a single octavo volume, could only be so in the form of
a compact and well-reasoned essay, to which Mr. Wright's enter
taining fragmentary sketches bear little resemblance. The 4 im
measurable laughter' of nations, ancient and modern, cannot be
reduced within so small a compass. We must therefore content
ourselves with thanking Mr. Wright for his desultory but agree
able attempts for our enlightenment. And we propose, on the
present

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Three published reviews of Palgrave's Arabia , one from a journal and two from newspapers:

  • Pages 182-215 from the Quarterly Review which contained a review of Palgrave's Arabia (ff. 2v-19). The review is undated but is believed to be c.1865.
  • Press cutting from the Friend of India of their review of 'Mr Palgrave's journey through Arabia'. The Press Cutting is undated but is believed be c.1865.
  • Press cutting from the Times of India , 4 November 1865 of an article entitled 'Central and Eastern Arabia' which reviews Palgrave's book.

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William Gifford Palgrave, A Narrative of a year's journey through Central and Eastern Arabia 1862-1863 (London, 1865)

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Foliation: This file has been foliated in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.

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Reviews of A Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, 1862-63 by William Gifford Palgrave, Published 1865 [‎19r] (37/42), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/68, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023318133.0x000026> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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