Songs of Love and Life (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Songs of Love and Life He was known throughout India not only as a brilliant soldier but as the finest gentleman rider of his day. In the season of 1869 - 70, with fifty - six mounts, he won forty-two races, and was only once unplaced. His light weight and delicate hands and, still more, his complete sympathy with his mount, made his horsemanship a fine art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.