THE CHINESE
By John Stuart Thomson; published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis and New York; seventy-one splendid illustrations, three colored maps, $2.50; and by T. Warner Laurie, Fleet Street, London, 12s. 6d.
PRESS COMMENTS
Cook’s Tours Annual, 1911–12, page 108, recommends this book to world tourists.
Philadelphia Item: “It is not only the most authoritative, valuable and up-to-date book on China; it is also the most readable.”
Paris La Nouvelle Revue: “You will not find its equal as first-hand information. Treated with marvelous mastership ... a keen observer ... full of puissant interest.”
New York Herald: “A very complete view, graphically dealt with.”
New York American: “The definitive book on China.”
New York Evening Post and New York Nation: “Relates in a humorous vein his rich observations. It is refreshing to find so much valuable and fresh information expressed in a quaint and original manner. A comprehensive grasp of the greatest problem of the Far East.... Prophetic words.... One of the most interesting and instructive books on the Chinese; ... most charming.”