British Raj literature on elephant. The file contains excerpts from the books: Oriental Field Sports, Vol. I (1819) by Thomas Williamson, The Large and Small Game of Bengal and the North-Western Provinces (1883) by J.H. Baldwin, Two Years in Jungle (1885) by William T. Hornaday, Reminiscences of Sport in India (1885) by E.F. Burton, The Hunting Grounds of the Old World (1860) by Henry A. Leveson, Thirty Years of Shikar (1895) by Edward Braddon, and Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad (1911) by F.W.F. Fletcher. Includes reader�s report on a book proposal titled �From Wonder to Enlightenment�, a collection supposed to cover the life-habits of elephants in various parts of South Asia
Literature on Shikar (hunting). The file contains excerpts on elephant hunting from Sporting Days in Southern India (1894) by A.J.O. Pollock, Wild Sports of Burma and Assam (1900) by Colonel Pollock and W.S. Thom, Big Charlie (1959) by J.H. Williams, Assam Shikar (1970) by Frank Nicholas etc. Includes an excerpt on wild buffalo from Leaves from Indian Forests (1930) by S. Eardley-Wilmot and an excerpt on tiger hunting from The Oriental Sporting Magazine Vol. 1 (1828) etc. Also, includes a newspaper article titled �Survival Strategy for the pachyderm: Trumpet call�
Literature on hunting of elephants in Ceylon and Burma. The file contains excerpts from The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon (1854) by Samuel Baker, Wild Sports of Burma and Assam (1900) by Fitz William Thomas Pollok and W.S. Thom, Big Game Shooting in Upper Burma (1911) by G.P. Evans, Big Game Shooting in India, Burma and Somaliland (1913) by V.M. Stockley, Leaves from Indian Forests (1930) by S. Eardley Wilmot, and A Centenary of Natural History (1933) by J.C. Daniel (ed.). Includes handwritten notes
Literature on wild elephants. The file contains excerpts from The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon (1867) by James Emerson Tennent, Thirteen Years among the Wild Beasts of India (1878) by George P. Sanderson, Wild Beasts and their Ways (1890) by Samuel Baker, Records on Sport in Southern India (1892) by General Douglas Hamilton, Sporting Days in Southern India (1894) by A.J.O. Pollock, The Thackerays in India: And Some Calcutta Graves (1897) by William Wilson Hunter etc. Includes a �Report on elephant movement in Purulia District, West Bengal (1994)� and a �Preliminary report on elephant census, 1992�
Writings on literary criticism, especially on the literary critic William Empson. The file contains excerpts from books titled William Empson: The Man and His Work (1974) by Rama Gill, William Empson and the Philosophy of Literary Criticism (1978) by Christopher Norris, Critics and Criticism (1963) by Elder Olson, The Literary Critics (1964) by George Watson etc. Includes articles on William Empson from the journal Scrutiny and lists of bibliography on Empson. Also, includes an essay titled �Australian poetry now� and handwritten notes
