Augusta de Wit, a Dutch writer born in the Indies, introduces English readers to an island most of them could not place on a globe. Her sketches begin with first glimpses and a Batavia hotel, then describe the town, a colonial household and its social life, Javanese villages, the beach, the wayang shadow plays and the legends and landscapes of the interior.
Graceful, evocative travel writing about Java at the height of Dutch colonial rule. Download the free EPUB.