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A Little Journey to China and Japan (Classic Reprint)
Author: Marian Minnie George
Publisher:
Published: 2017-07-18
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780282390082
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from A Little Journey to China and JapanThe Chinese proudly boast that their government is the oldest on the globe; that China was a nation five thousand years before the United States was born; that they have books from three to four thousand years old; that they used the printing -press a thousand years before it was used in Europe. More than four thousand years ago these pe0p1e knew how to make brick from clay, how to build canals, how to sing, and play on musical instruments, how to write, and how to calculate the movements of the stars; also, they had domestic animals, cultivated the fields, and had forms of worship and government.They know little of modern inventions and ma chinery, but they have a wonderful skill in handicraft, and their artists and artisans are in many lines not equaled by those of any other country.They tell us, also, that their race numbers more than one-fourth of all the people on the globe, and that their territory includes more than acres of ground, or more than the United States.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Little Journey to China and Japan
Jottings of Travel in China and Japan (Classic Reprint)
Author: Simon Adler Stern
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-11
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780260118608
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Jottings of Travel in China and Japan Arly in February, 1887, my friend W. B. Called at my office one day and, drawing me aside, said that he wanted me to go to China for him, to represent him in certain business matters in which he was interested; He thought that the trip would take about five months; told me that I would have one or two travelling companions, and that the rest of the party would sail from_ New York, via Suez, and join us at Shanghai. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
My Travels in China, Japan and Java, 1903 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Jagatjit Singh
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-11-27
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780332074344
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from My Travels in China, Japan and Java, 1903 From the standpoint of the traveller, Japan is perhaps one of the most interesting countries in the world; the country itself is full of delightful and varied scenery, while its people possess a charm of appearance and manner unlike anything of the kind to be met with elsewhere. Parts of China and Java were also visited by me but of the people of those countries I have little to say in praise. The Chinese appear to be indifferent to the course of present events they seem to possess no national ideals, and I was much struck by the obvious individual selfishness of the people, among whom patriotism and public spirit had no existence. The Javanese are absolutely apathetic a display of energy on their part seems an impossibility. Both countries are, however, interesting and well worth a visit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Little Journey to China
Author: Marian M. George
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-11-30
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780332260907
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from A Little Journey to China: For Intermediate and Upper Grades The traveler meets with many difficulties in China. There are few railroads; the boats, Ou the rivers and canals are not very attractive to Americans and Euro peans; camels are not pleasant riding to strangers; the sedan-chair and the wheelbarrows cramp one too much for Comfort; and the roads are so miserable and crooked that walking is both unpleasant and dangerous, for a Chinaman wants the roads ffom one village to another to wind about SO much that an evil spirit wandering in them will likely get lost and not find the way to the Chinaman's house. Both the officials and the common people fought the introduction of railroads into China. This opposition was due partly to the fear that it would open the way for missionaries and other foreigners to get in easily, and partly to the fear that it would anger evil Spirits and cause them to bring great misfortunes On the peo ple. So great was the opposition to' railroads twenty five years ago that, even after a Short one had been built from Shanghai to Wusung, the authorities bought it and destroyed it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Little Journey to China and Japan - Primary Source Edition
Author: Marian M. George
Publisher: Nabu Press
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781289355852
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Yedo and Peking
Author: Robert Fortune
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-10-12
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780266221562
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China The Empire of Japan has been all but closed to the inhabitants of other nations for more than two hundred years. Except a few Dutch and Chinese, who were kept almost like prisoners at Nagasaki, no foreigners have been allowed to reside or trade in the country since about the year 1636. A great and unexpected change has now taken place; Japan has not only Opened some of her ports to foreign trade, but has also sent her Ambassadors to visit many of the principal Courts of Europe and America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Little Journey to China and Japan
Author: Marian M. George
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9781230181820
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...he goes in the spring to pray for a favorable season, and then to set the plows of China going, by himself starting a little furrow with a goldhandled plow. In Peking are the National University; the ancient Observatory; the Imperial Palace, with its beautiful gardens, and their quaint Camel's Back Bridge; and noted Buddhist temples, with fine architecture, extensive grounds, elegant furniture, and giant images of Buddha, with smaller images of saints in the lesser halls. And yet the streets of the city are abominable, being in bad condition, dirty, foul smelling, and having manure heaps or pools of stagnant water on every hand. At night anyone who is unwise enough to risk himself abroad must carry a lantern, for the only lights are dim street lamps of latticework boxes on poles about six feet high. In these are candles! We drop into the marketplaces to see what is for sale. There are many varieties of fish; the choicest of fruits in abundance, including oranges, loquats, citrons, rose-apples, bananas, litchis (lee'chees), papayas, and grapes; mutton, kid, pork, deer, dogs, squirrels, quails, pheasants, chickens, ducks, rats, and grasshoppers; and squashes, edible bamboo, melons, water coltrops, rice, beans, peas, taro, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and yams. We pass stores selling tinsel paper, plain or in various shapes, to be burned in religious ceremonies, in honor of ancestors, or at funerals; bird stores and bird-pedlers selling warblers and pigeons; bookstores selling great heavy volumes that few persons read, but which the rich purchase for their libraries; and drug stores that sell pounded tiger bones to give strength, and extracts of dogs and cats, or mixtures of various bugs and plants as cures for disease. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA...
China and Japan (Classic Reprint)
Author: Emma P. K. Trawick
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-01-31
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780267412778
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from China and Japan On November 6, 1900, Miss Emma Penton Kendrick, of Louisville, Kentucky, was married to Doctor John D. Trawick, of Nashville, Tennessee. They left immediately for San Francisco, from which place they sailed for their new home in China. Doctor Trawick is an associate surgeon in the Methodist Hospital at Soochow. Her letters from this far-off Eastern land were so very inter esting that many friends requested that they be given to the public, and some of them were accordingly published in a leading newspaper of Louisville, her native city. Many complimentary things were said of them, and many requests were made that they be put in a more permanent form. Some few of these are printed as an appendix to this book.' It is in response to these requests that this little volume appears. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
