A written account of John Thomson's experiences and impressions of nineteenth-century China, Thomson's China is a unique photographic experience. Thomson stands apart from other explorers of the time in that he took a camera with him when he traveled, and he was the first to set out with the goal of documenting the country and its people.

Thomson's China: Travels and Adventures of a Nineteenth-century Photographer (Oxford in Asia Hardback Reprints)

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John Thomson

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Excerpt from Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. 3 of 4: A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Descriptive of the Places and People RepresentedInce is69, the date at which the previous illustration was taken, the foreign settlement at Shanghai has been steadily improving. No. 8 is a photograph executed in is72, and designed to give some notion of the improvements to which reference has been made. At least two new buildings have been erected within the past four years, one being the Oriental Bank, bisected by the &#64258;agstaff in the picture. The View was taken from behind the gate of the public gardens.No. 9 shows the style of buildings at the southern extremity of the Bund, and the State of the ground fronting them in 1869.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.

Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. 3 of 4: A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Descriptive of the Places and People Represented (Classic Reprint)

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Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. 1 of 4: A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Descriptive of the Places and People Represented (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. 1 of 4: A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Descriptive of the Places and People Represented Those familiar with the Chinese and their deeply-rooted superstitions will readily understand that the carrying out of my task involved both difficulty and danger. In some places there were many who had never yet set eyes upon a pale-faced stranger; and the literati, or educated classes, had fostered a notion amongst' such as these, that, while evil spirits of every kind were carefully to be shunned, none ought to be so strictly avoided as the Fan Qui or Foreign Devil, who assumed human shape, and appeared solely for the furtherance of his own interests, often owing the success of his undertakings to an ocular power, which enabled him to discover the hidden treasures of heaven and earth. I therefore frequently enjoyed the reputation of being a dangerous geomancer, and my camera was held to be a dark mysterious in strument, which, combined with my naturally, or supernaturally, intensified eyesight gave me power to see through rocks and mountains, to pierce the very souls of the natives, and to produce mira culous pictures by some black art, which at the same time bereft the individual depicted of so much of the principle of life as to render his death a certainty within a very short period of years. Accounted, for these reasons, the forerunner of death, I found portraits of children difficult to obtain, while, strange as it may be thought in a land where filial piety is esteemed the highest of virtues, sons and daughters brought their aged parents to be placed before the foreigner's silent and mysterious instrument of destruction. The tri&#64258;ing sums that I paid for the privilege of taking such subjects would probably go to help in the purchase of a coffin, which, conveyed ceremoniously to the old man's house, would there be deposited to await the hour of dissolution, and the body of the parent whom his son had honoured with the gift. Let none of my readers suppose that I am speaking in jest. To such an extreme pitch has the notion of honouring ancestors with due mortuary rites been carried in China, that an affectionate parent would regard children who should present him with a cool and comfortable coffin as having begun in good time to display the duty and respect which every well-regulated-son and daughter is expected to bestow. 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.

Excerpt from Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. 4 of 4: A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Descriptive of the Places and People Represented At the risk of being deemed impertinent, I may add, for the information of readers who have not had the good fortune to come in contact with educated Chinese, that Li-hung-chang possesses the cultivated polish and graceful courtesy which are invariably the attributes of a gentleman. But these, indeed, are qualities he shares in common with all mandarins of rank. 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.

Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. 4 of 4: A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Descriptive of the Places and People Represented (Classic Reprint)

Through China With a Camera

Through China with a Camera

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First of two thrilling fantasy adventures adapted from the 'Spellbinder' television series produced by Film Australia.

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The second of two thrilling fantasy adventures adapted from the 'Spellbinder' television series produced by Film Australia.

Spellbinder: Paul's World Book II

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From swimming to the bottom of the ocean to reclaim a sunken boat, to standing up to bullies, to asking questions that might have painful answers, twelve year-old Donovan Sanger has some capabilities that the grown-ups around don't. This is why his dad has asked Donovan to go spend the summer with an Aunt and Uncle he barely knows. Aunt Hattie has become very ill with lung cancer and she and Uncle Bix need "a little moral support," as Donovan’s dad puts it. Uncle Bix is a mechanical genius who just a couple of years ago was released from jail for his role in a robbery. Before a week goes by, Donovan is sent underwater in a wetsuit so small he can barely breathe, is given a very short haircut in his sleep by Uncle Bix, who says it will "give him some strength," and learns that his uncle’s criminal past might be something he has not entirely left behind. As the summer progresses, Donovan helps brings a boat up from the bottom of Puget Sound and care for his Aunt, all the while trying to discover just what Uncle Bix is doing at secret meetings with his ex-convict friends.

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Thomson's China: Travels and Adventures of a Nineteenth-century Photographer (Oxford in Asia Hardback Reprints)

Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. 3 of 4: A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Descriptive of the Places and People Represented (Classic Reprint)

Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. 1 of 4: A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Descriptive of the Places and People Represented (Classic Reprint)

Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. 4 of 4: A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Descriptive of the Places and People Represented (Classic Reprint)

Through China with a Camera

Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. 1 of 4: A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Descriptive of the Places and People Represented (Classic Reprint)

Spellbinder I: Riana's World (Starlight)

Spellbinder: Paul's World Book II

A Small Boat at the Bottom of the Sea

Elephant Island and Beyond: The Life and Diaries of Thomas Orde Lees