Ceylon along the Rail Track

Author – Henry W Cave

Publisher – Visidunu Prakashakayo

Third Batch 2011

ISBN 955-9170-46-5

244 Pages

In the fascinating book Henry W Cave – the pioneering photographer of Ceylon landscapes and historical monuments takes the reader along every railway line. He stops at every railway station to give a description of the surrounding area. The people and their industries, population, climate, local facilities available such as lodging and transport details of any historical event that has taken place in the locality and interesting places around that can be visited are described. While on the move he describes the rivers that are crossed and mountains & valleys that are traversed. Whenever the rail track is unavailable for an important destination, Cave takes the reader along the road from the nearest station and makes sure that every important destination is covered. He illustrates these descriptions with over 200 photographs selected from his vast collection.

This book is undoubtedly one of the best travel guides ever written on Sri Lanka. Infact it is more than a travel guide – comprehensive handbook on Ceylon. Now, Some 90 years since it was first published, it holds an added value as an eye–witness account of Ceylon at the beginning of the last century. It also contains reproductions of Cave’s photographs which critics have long acclaimed as “photographs taken with the most delicate and artistic touch” and “the finest products of the camera ever seen within boards”

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