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“...within its
scope all the islands more igenerally visited, as
well as British Guiana and some of the foreign
islands, is still kept within such bounds as to
render it sufficiently condensed in form to permit
of its being carried in the pocket under a tropical
sun without inconvenience. Such a guide it is
the aim of the writer to provide. How far his
effort is successful, it must be left to the reader to
decide. If this small volume succeeds in inducing
a few to follow in the wake of Trollope, Froude
and Kingsley, who found so much happiness in a
voyage to the West; in facilitating the arrange-
ments of those who are contemplating a tour; and...”
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“...S2 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
Chronological History of the West Indies. 3
vols. By Capt. Thomas Southey. London,
1827.
The West Indies and Spanish Main. By
Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman & Hall,
i860. 5s.
y The English in the West Indies. By J. A.
A 1^ Froude. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1888.
6d.
Tom Cringle’s Log. By Michael Scott.
Peter Simple. By Captain Marryat.
A Historical Geography of the British Colonies.
Vol. II. The West Indies. By C. P. Lucas.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1890 (2nd edition, re-
vised by C. Atchley, I.S.O., 1905).
Down the Islands. By W. A. Paton. London :
Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888.
In Sugar Cane Land. By Eden Phillpotts.
London : McClure & Co., 1893. 3s. 6d.
The West Indies and the Empire. By H. de
R. Walker. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1901.
7s. 6d.
The Report of the West India Royal Commis-
sion, 1897, with Appendix by Sir Daniel Morris,
K.C.M.G. (C. 8655). 2S. 6d.
The Colonial Office List. London: Waterlow
and Son, Ltd. (annual). 10s. 6d.
The West Indies...”
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“... There is
a tennis club with courts in the Government
Office grounds, to which visitors are admitted.
Sea bathing can be indulged in at several spots,
notably off the Villa estate, about two miles from
Kingstown. Good sea fishing is obtainable off
Kingstown and other places near by.
The Kingstown Club welcomes visitors who
are introduced by members.
Kingstown, which nestles at the foot of the
mountains on the south-west of St. Vincent, is
one of the most picturesque spots in the West
Indies. Froude likened it to a Norwegian town,...”
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