Burma

A choice group of several dozen books about Burma was recently donated by Dr. Marco B. Civera, G'71, of Silver Spring, Maryland. Besides works relating to Burmese history and language, there are a number of volumes by British travellers to Burma, including a copy in original wrappers of George W. Strettell's The Ficus Elaastica in Burma Proper: or, a narrative of my journey in search of it (Rangoon: the Government Press, 1876). Also present is the second volume of The British Burma Gazetteer (Rangoon: the Government Press, 1879), illustrated with contemporary sepia photographs. Dr. Civera is well acquainted with the region, having written his doctoral dissertation on "The distinctive phonology of Lhasa Central Tibetan: results of a field trip to study the Himalayas as an ethno-linguistic area."