Fugitive Dreams

An excellent selection of writings by eight authors who spanned the Dutch presence in India from 1600 to World War II. Edited, translated and with notations by Professor E. M. Beekman. Writers featured include William Bontekoe (1587-?), Francois Valentijn (1666-1727), Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809-1864), Hermann Neubronner van der Tuuk (1824-1894), Bas Veth (1860-1922), Alexander Cohen (1864-1963), Kartini (1879-1904), and Willem Walraven (1887-1943).