illustrative of Eastern life. In both he employed a vigorous and impassioned style which was on the whole wonderfully effective in spite of minor faults in taste and flaws in structure. Fraser's earliest writings are: Journal of a Tour through Part of the Himala Mountains and to the Sources of the Jumna and the Ganges (1820); A Narrative of a Journey into Khorasan in the Years 1821 and 1822, including some Account of the Countries to the North-East of Persia (1825); and Travels and Adventures in the Persian Provinces on the Southern Banks of the Caspian Sea (1826). His romances include The Kuzzilbash, a Tale of Khorasan (1828), and its sequel The Persian Adventurer (1830); Allee Neemroo (1842); and The Dark Falcon (1844). He also wrote An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia (1834); A Winter's Journey (Tâtar,) from Constantinople to Teheran (1838); Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, etc. (1840) Mesopotamia and Assyria (1842); and Military Memoirs of Col. James Skinner (1851). References External links Denis Wright, "Fraser, James Baillie (1783-1856), 15th laird of Reelig, traveler, writer, and artist", Encyclopaedia Iranica (15 December 2000) Sciampacone, Amanda Christina Hui (2010) Filth, ruin, and the colonial picturesque : James Baillie Fraser's representations of Calcutta and the Black Hole monument. Master of Arts dissertation. UBC, Canada. (1828) The Kuzzilbash. A Tale of Khorasan. Volume 1 2 (1830) The Persian adventurer (being the sequel of "The Kuzzilbash") Volume 1 2 3 (1832) The Highland Smugglers. Volume 1 2 3 (1834) An historical and descriptive account of Persia (1838) A winter's journey Volume 1 2 (1842) Mesopotamia and Assyria (1844) The Dark Falcon. A tale of the Attruck. Volume 1 2 3 4 (1851) Military Memoir of Lieut-Col. James Skinner, C. B. Volume 1 2 19th-century Scottish writers 1783 births 1856 deaths Scottish travel writers People from Inverness British people in colonial India