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IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND
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IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND
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Times: "The ordinary reader will be struck with the portraits,which show that in a very few weeks he must have endured a lifetimeof concentrated misery. Other travellers, no doubt, have gonefurther, but none who have escaped with their lives have faredworse.... Mr. Landor tells a plain and manly tale, without affectationor bravado. It is a book, certainly, that will be read withinterest and excitement."
Athenæum: "The account he has written of his travels andadventures is vivid and often fascinating. His frequent notices ofcurious customs are full of interest, and numerous illustrations fromphotographs or sketches taken on the spot render this one of themost attractive records of travel published recently."
Guardian: "Life, according to Mr. Landor, has 'barely adull moment,' and the gloomiest of us will admit that this is at leasttrue of that part of life which may be devoted to the reading of hislatest book."
World: "He has contrived, even in circumstances of cruel disadvantage,to present a wonderfully minute and impressive series ofpictures of the life, manners, and customs of the Tibetans. No lesspowerful and vivid are his descriptions of the scenery and naturalphenomena of the Forbidden Land, which are reinforced by anample series of illustrations that attain a high standard of artisticexcellence. Mr. Landor's bitter experiences have had at least theadvantage of providing him with material for the most absorbingtravel book produced within recent times."
Daily Telegraph: "Mr. Landor's story is one of the most extraordinarytales of modern times, yet even the most sceptical readerwill admire the vigour with which it is told, and the endurance withwhich the explorer and his faithful servants bore up against theirsavage captors."
Standard: "The book fascinates ... The verbal pictures itgives are extremely vivid, and the effect of them is greatlyheightened by the numerous drawings and photographs by theauthor. Mr. Landor is an artist as well as traveller and writer, andhe knows how to use his pencil and brush to emphasise his letter-press.Whatever may be said of the wisdom of his enterprises, hisbook is certainly a remarkable contribution to the literature ofmodern travel."
Daily News: "The great library of travel in the East has notreceived for many a year a more important addition than thisbright, picturesque, and instructive volume."
Daily Chronicle: "Mr. Landor is an