{"product_id":"2940149658855","title":"Up the Country","description":"My dear William,\u003cbr\u003eI know no one but yourself who can now take any lively interest in these Letters.\u003cbr\u003eShe to whom they were addressed, they of whom they were written, have all passed away, and you and I are now almost the only survivors of the large party that in 1838 left Government House for the Upper Provinces.\u003cbr\u003eMany passages of this Diary, written solely for the amusement of my own family, have of course been omitted; but not a word has been added to descriptions which have little merit, but that they are true and that they were written on the spot.\u003cbr\u003eNow that India has fallen under the curse of railroads, and that life and property will soon become as insecure there as they are here, the splendour of a Governor-General’s progress is at an end.\u003cbr\u003eThe Kootûb will probably become a Railway Station; the Taj will, of course, under the sway of an Agra Company (Limited, except for destruction), be bought up for a monster hotel; and the Governor-General will dwindle down into a first-class passenger with a carpet-bag. These details, therefore, of a journey that was picturesque in its motley processions, in its splendid crowds, and in its ‘barbaric gold and pearl,’ may be thought amusing. So many changes have since taken place in Indian modes of travelling, that these contrasts of public grandeur and private discomfort will probably be seen no more, on a scale of such magnitude.\u003cbr\u003eBelieve me,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEver your affectionate Aunt,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEMILY EDEN.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bronson Tweed Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165049340144,"sku":"2940149658855","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149658855_p0.jpg?v=1763721349","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149658855","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}