THE CRITIC IN THE ORIENT
by George Hamlin Fitch
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About this eBook
- Author
- Fitch, George Hamlin, 1852-1925
- Title
- The Critic in the Orient
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
- Subject
- East Asia -- Description and travel
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 27233
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27233
- Release Date
- November 11, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE CRITIC IN THE ORIENT — THE CRITIC IN THE ORIENT
- 2.Contents
- 3.Illustrations
- 4.Plates
- 5.Introduction
- 6.The Best Results of Travel in the Orient
- 7.JAPAN, THE PICTURE COUNTRY OF THE ORIENT — First Impressions of Japan and The Life of The Japanese — The Japanese Capital and Its Parks and Temples — The Most Famous City of Temples in All Japan — In Kyoto, The Ancient Capital of Japan — Kobe, Osaka, The Inland Sea and Nagasaki — Development of the Japanese Sense of Beauty — Conclusions on Japanese Life and Character — Will the Japanese Retain Their Good Traits?
- 8.MANILA, TRANSFORMED BY THE AMERICANS — First Impressions of Manila and Its Picturesque People — American Work in the Philippine Islands — Scenes in the City of Manila and Suburbs
- 9.HONGKONG, CANTON, SINGAPORE AND RANGOON — Hongkong, the Greatest British Port in the Orient — A Visit to Canton in Days of Wild Panic — Singapore The Meeting Place of Many Races — Strange Night Scenes in the City of Singapore — Characteristic Sights in Burma's Largest City
- 10.INDIA, THE LAND OF TEMPLES, PALACES AND MONUMENTS — Calcutta, The Most Beautiful of Oriental Cities — Bathing and Burning the Dead at Benares — Lucknow and Cawnpore, Cities of The Mutiny — The Taj Mahal, The World's Loveliest Building — Delhi and Its Ancient Mohammedan Ruins — Scenes in Bombay When the King Arrived — Religion and Customs of the Bombay Parsees
- 11.EGYPT, THE HOME OF HIEROGLYPHS, TOMBS AND MUMMIES — Picturesque Oriental Life as Seen in Cairo — Among the Ruins of Luxor and Karnak — Tombs of The Kings at Ancient Thebes — Sailing Down The Nile on a Small Steamer — Before the Pyramids and the Sphinx
- 12.APPENDIX
- 13.Hints for Travelers Some Suggestions That May Save the Tourist Time and Money
- 14.Bibliography Books Which Help One to Understand the Orient and Its People
- 15.Index
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