{"product_id":"2940016393582","title":"Our Little Hindu Cousin by Blanche McManus","description":"Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOUR little cousins of Hindustan are charming little people, even though their manners and customs and their religion are so very different from our own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia is a big country, and there are many different races of people living within its borders, the two principal ones being the Mohammedans and the Hindus. The Mohammedans number about sixty millions and there are about a hundred and eighty millions of Hindus, who are by far the superior race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe intelligence of the Hindus is of a very high order, but, like all Eastern races, they have many superstitions. Their attention to their food and drink and personal cleanliness is remarkable, and, though their customs in this respect are peculiar, they follow a healthful and sanitary manner of living which might well be practised by Western folk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe arts and crafts of the Hindus and their trades and professions are very strange and interesting, and the young people themselves invariably grow up in the same occupations as their elders. There is no mixing of the races or castes, and members of one caste always associate with those of the same class.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the English influence is making itself so strongly felt, that frequently the children learn English as early in life as they do their own language; so our little American cousins would almost always be able to make of them good playfellows and would perhaps be able to learn many valuable lessons from Our Little Hindu Cousins.","brand":"Unforgotten Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146675667184,"sku":"2940016393582","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016393582_p0.jpg?v=1763634928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016393582","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}