The City of Dreadful Night VII

First publication

5th April, 1888 in the Pioneer; 7th April, 1888 in the Week’s News; 11th April, 1888 in the Pioneer Mail. In these newspapers, the chapter title was “THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT, II”.

Notes on the Text

[Verse heading] These lines are from The Palace of Art by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). (ORG)

[Page 254, line 6] Inferno from Divina Commedia, the greatest work of Dante (1265-1321), the Italian poet. A description of Hell. (ORG)

[Page 257, line 15] Bentinck Street runs southwards from the junction of Lal Bazar and Bow Bazar.

[Page 259, line 13] Struldbrugs they lived in Luggnagg and appeared in Gulliver’s Travels, Part III, Chapter X, by Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). (ORG)

[Page 259, line 14] Laputa this was the flying island in Gulliver’s Travels, Part III, Chapter I. (ORG)

[Page 259, line 15] Two annas an anna is one-sixteenth of a rupee or about one old penny.

[Page 259, line 29] Joss-houses Chinese temples.

[Page 260, line 1] Old Council House Street runs parallel with Old Court House Street but on the other (western) side of Dalhousie Square.