Contents:- pt.I. The true Burma. Twenty years ago. In the nursery. Suspense. The great river [Irawadi] Mandalay. War? Wuntho. On a frontier. A happy month. Another frontier. Peace at last.- pt.II. Our rule in India. Governor and governed. The Oriental mind. The village community. Material prosperity. Criminal law. Courts and people. Civil law. Honesty and truth. Buddhism. Women. Burmese and immigrants. Conclusion
Notes
'First edition, January 1906; reprinted, March 1906'