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NEWLAND, A. G. E. The Image of War, or Service in the Chin Hills.

With an Introductory Historical Note b y J. D. Ma cNabb esq., Politica l Officer, S. C hin Hills. Published: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1894 Sto ck co de: 59472 Price: 1,875.00

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First ed ition of this superb photograp hic record of the punitiv e exp edition in the Chin hills, 18912, its q ualities d escribed in the blurb in Tha cker & Cos catalogue bound in at the re ar: No work ha s yet app eared , in Europ e or America, of this bea utiful cha racte r. The price to sub scrib ers is Rs.25 but only a small edition is printed, Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co. hold themse lves at liberty to raise the p rice upon publication to Rs. 30. From its nature the book ca nnot be re printed, a nd subscribers will possess a work of extre me be auty, inte rest and rarity . Ne wland returned reports on the camp aign to an Indian ne wspap er and his photogra phs were to win him five bronze med als from the Photographic Society of London. He b ecame so e namoured of Chin hills and the ir people d uring this expe dition tha t he resig ned from the army in 1899 whilst stationed in Hakha, a nd ma rried Si Na, da ughte r of Sang Cin a nd Thla Cer the same year. His son was born the following yea r. He set up his home in consid erable sty le: An av id re ader and lover of music his lib rary in Ha ka contained the complete works of Dicke ns, the Bronts, Eliot, Scott, Thackeray and other classic a uthors, while a mong his record collection he numb ered the works of Be ethov en, Mendelssohn, Schubert, and a host of othe r composers. He also established a clinic in his home, hav ing b ought up spare medical supplie s from his regiment. He a lso exp erime nted with the g rowing of various English fruits and veg etables. He grew the giant corn (maize) from C alifornia and so successful wa s he and so palatable was it to the Chins, that to this day it is their sta ple food, be ing known as Newland Fawn-Voi in Chin, or Newland Corn. Newland had intend ed to send his only son, Sam, to St Pauls and in April 191 1 returned to England, but found the life uncongenial a nd so they returned to Hakha in Se ptemb er 1913. Seven years late r the y returned to Britain again, to Edinb urgh where Sam studied forestry. Ma jor Newland die d the re in 1925 from bowe l cancer. Sam went on to become one of the British Officer Johnnie s, men with local knowle dge of Burma ope rating behind Japane se lines d uring the Second World Wa r, and it is from Lie utena nt-Ge neral Sir Geoffrey Evanss account of their services, The Johnnies, that the above quotations are drawn. We thank Tom Donovan for d rawing our atte ntion to this source of b iogra phica l information on Newland, and to Wim Vervest, son-in-la w of Sam Newland for correcting some significant errors of fact.

PHYSICAL DESC RIPTION Qua rto. Original p urple cloth, title g ilt to spine and upp er board, large and hig hly-d etailed gilt block of a v isit to a Chin chief on front cov er, top ed ge gilt, d ark g reen surfa ce-pa per e ndpap ers. Collotyp e frontisp iece and 34 other similar plates, 1 60 colloty pe illustra tions to the te xt. Slightly rubbed, spine a touch mottled, front hinge ca refully re paire d, slight foxing to the p relims, light toning , a very good cop y. Don't underst and our descriptions ? Try reading our Glossary (ht tp:// www.peterharrington. co.uk /about/glossary /)

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