Letters from the Far East / by Sir Charles Eliot.

By: Eliot, Charles, Sir, 1862-1931
Publisher: London : E. Arnold, 1907.Description: vii, 188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Chinese literature | Japanese literature | East Asia -- Description and travel
Contents:
Introduction.--The religious East.--Cochin China.--Canton.--Towns and roads.--On the Yangtse.--Hankow to Peking.--Peking.--Education and the army.--Chinese administration and its prospects.--Chinese literature.--In a Japanese train.--Far Eastern characteristics.--Japanese literature.--Nikko.--Ise.--Kamakura and Misaki.
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"The letters here republished consist of contributions written for the Westminster gazette during a brief visit to China and Japan in the summer and autumn of 1906, together with some additions."--Introd.

Introduction.--The religious East.--Cochin China.--Canton.--Towns and roads.--On the Yangtse.--Hankow to Peking.--Peking.--Education and the army.--Chinese administration and its prospects.--Chinese literature.--In a Japanese train.--Far Eastern characteristics.--Japanese literature.--Nikko.--Ise.--Kamakura and Misaki.