The Hindoos as They Are / A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal

A collection of concise observational sketches surveys domestic routines and social rituals in Bengali Hindu society, covering birth and childhood, schooling, vows and marriage ceremonies, major seasonal festivals, caste distinctions, religious specialists and household physicians, the roles and treatment of women including polygamy and widowhood, and practices surrounding illness, death, and funeral rites, including widow immolation; it also presents moral and devotional narratives woven into social customs, aiming to explain everyday ceremonies and the inner life behind public observances.