The Critic in the Orient

by George Hamlin Fitch

AND SO ENDS THE CRITIC IN THE ORIENT, CONTAINING
THE IMPRESSIONS OF GEORGE HAMLIN FITCH ON THE
FIRST HALF OF HIS TRIP AROUND THE WORLD. PUBLISHED
IN BOOK FORM BY PAUL ELDER & COMPANY
AND SEEN THROUGH THEIR TOMOYE PRESS BY JOHN
SWART DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, MCMXIII, IN
THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

Inconsistencies in the hyphenation of words retained. (hotfoot, hot-foot)

In the original text, captions of plates and illustrations did not have terminating punctuation except for the caption of Plate XXXVII. This caption had a terminating period which has been retained.

Pg. 12, unusual spelling of "embassadors" retained.

Pg. 12, duplicated word "of" removed. (mansions of the Japanese")

Pg. 112, duplicated word "on" removed. (little trace on its walls)

Pg. 161, "hugh" changed to "huge". (as huge as the pyramid)

Index. In the original text, the last sub-item of an index entry did not have any terminating punctuation except for the index entry "Lawrence, Sir Henry". This entry had a terminating period which has been retained.