"Venus in India" (AKA "Love Adventures in Hindustan") was published in Brussels in 1889 under the pseudonym Charles Devereaux. It purports to be the autobiography of a British Army officer, describing his erotic adventures with four British women, Lizzie Wilson and the three daughters of Colonel Selwyn, while his wife Louie remains in England.

Charles Devereaux is a pseudonym, and is thought most likely to be that of Major Crommelin Henry Ricketts, who retired from the 5th cavalry (Madras Staff) in 1871 after 21 years' service.