"Clear Ronnd or Seeds of Story from other Countries. By E. A. Gordon, Member of the Japan Society, London. With illustrations. 1893. London; Samps Tow, Marston and Ca, La. Shangh Kelly and Walsh, Ld.
Thie book is a recurd of a trip round the world starting from Liverpool and through Canada, to Japan and Hongkong; returning by India, to England. It is an ideal work of the kind, a most valuable handbook and more, traveller's companion and no one should go home by the Canadian Pacific route without this helpful work, for if weather or health should not permit of personal investigations, the traveller may know beforehand much that may contribute to the pleasure of his journey Every page is luminous with brief hi facts, or notes of customs, dress or religion, and the whole is deftly woven into sweet harmony. It is firstly a compilation, and writers of all ages are made to contribute, but unlike many such work neither Gull nor tedious; on the contrary, it isos fresh as spring, and as bracing as mountain The gifted authoress possesses a sympathy insight, hence she is free from the fetters of " religious pessimism, and no sense blinded by narrow bigotry which never aces the bright side of any other religion. Her natural gondnature permits her to scold only the railway officers for neglect in regard to luggage, and also that long-suffering and much abused impersonality, the weather, Some of her readers who are old residents in China, may be a little bewildered by her high estimate of El men, as her statements may appear nance with their own experience. But such may perhaps be led to reflect that the well-known modesty of their Chinese servants may be the reason why their worth and virtue have not been so generally diss covered. The authoress was charmed with Japan and its fascinating people, and much that. che writes concerning the land of the "Rising Sua" is well worth perusal The book is dedicated to the authoress's children and the work is a children's book, although equally interesting to those who have long passed the happy boundary of youth. It comprises 433 pages of text, with a map, and several pictures from photographs. Tt is handsomely printed and bound in cloth, and is altogether " very taking volume.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.