"In the Court and the Kampung: Stories and Essays from the Life of the Indigenous People of the Southern Peninsula of Malaysia" is a collection of the famous British writer and anthropologist Sir Hugh Charles Clifford. In this book, the author describes and reproduces colorful pictures from the life of Malaysians, their customs, traditions and everyday scenes. Clifford tries to understand and convey to readers the peculiarities of the culture and mentality of the native inhabitants of this exotic country. "In the Court and the Kampung" is a fascinating book that helps to better understand the world and people of Malaysia through the lens of the author's literary and ethnographic research.