The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. XXIX, Part 1-2, 1936 - Khamkoo

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SIR J. GEoRGE ScOTT, K. C. I. E., Bt~1'?rta
REVIEWS OF BOOKS.
umd Beyo'wl. Grayson &
Grayson, London. 349 pages, with 32 illustrations and oue mttp. (l)
This is a very interesting work written by the late Sir George in
l1is >Yell-known, witty and lmmoronH style, ·which has made his former
publications-The Btt?'mu:n, his Life rtnd Notions; Burmc~: t~
Hanclbook, etc., tts well tts his contributions to The Gn:::eltem· of Uppe1·
B'nrrnu. wrul the Slut/J/, 8tnte.~-su deservedly popuhtr. Sir George
knew whn.t he \va;; tal 1\:ing ahont fl'mn long and intimate relations
with the inhabitants of the count.ry, where he proved himRelf one of
the most able :tnd gift\.,d of Rritish colonial ttdministmtorR. He waH
a truly great man, hnt-a.1Hl here eomes the hut-the ethnologist or
hiHtorian will close his late::;t and In.st book in disappointment. Although
it i8 brilliantly written, alHl not without cmmiderable merit,
it gives scant or often no infornmtion nt all when the