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About the Book :- In submitting this work to the public the compiler deems it desirable to offer a brief explanation of the aims which he has kept in view in carrying through the enterprise. Inspired with the belief that there was an opening for publications dealing in an exhaustive and attractive way with the outlying portions of the Empire, which owing to their marvellous development in recent years present an extraordinary field for literary and pictorial treatment, he formed plans for the production of such a series. This work on South India is a valuable source of information of various aspects of this region. Kerala, Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, are considered in this book. It describes the history, people, commerce and industrial resources. There are 32 sections in this book that notice, among other topics : the early history, the native races, flora, finance, the city of Madras and its surroundings, Bangalore, the planting industries, Ooty, irrigation, the state of Mysore, Cochin, fisheries, Coimbatore, hunting, education, Coorg, the Malabar coast, railways, European settlements, sericulture, literature, Vizagapatam, Cuddapha, Bellary and Vellore etc. The book is profusely illustrated with hundreds of century old photographs that accompany the text. This large book is a reprint of the 1914-15 editions.