Malay sketches



Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)

1913

Malay sketches

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The book contains a series of sketches of the lush scenery in tropical Malaya, observations of the characteristics of the Malays, descriptions of their lives, customs, beliefs and supersitions, portraits of some personalities and personal accounts of experiences, events and incidences encountered by the author during his stay in Malaya.

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Additional Details

Title
Malay sketches
Creators
  • Swettenham, Frank Athelstane, Sir, 1850-1946
Subject
Publisher
  • Bodley Head, 1913
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1913
Digital Description
application/pdf, 24919 KB, 312 p.
Table of Contents
  • Introduction -- I. The real Malay -- II. The tiger -- III. A fishing picnic -- IV. The murder of the hawker -- V. Meng-Gelunchor -- VI. Amok -- VII. The joget -- VIII. The story of Mat Aris -- IX. Latah -- X. The external feminine -- XI. In the noon of the night -- XII. Van Hagen Cavaliero -- XIII. The passing of Panglima Prang Semaun -- XIV. Ber-Hantu -- XV. The King's way -- XVI. A Malay romance -- XVII. Malay supersitions -- XVIII. With a casting-net -- XIX. James Wheeler Woodford Birch -- XX. A personal incident -- XXI. Nakodah Orlong -- XXII. Evening.
Edition
  • 4th ed.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2006.