Waddell, Laurence Austine. Lhasa and its mysteries; with a record of the expedition of 1903-4. [*]$6. Dutton.
This detailed account of the expedition to Lhasa is written by the chief medical officer of the military escort which accompanied Sir Francis Younghusband. There is an historical introduction, and there are diagrams, plans, maps, and illustrations from photographs taken by the author.
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 423. Ap. 8. 2210w. |
“His book is decidedly interesting. It contains a great deal of new matter regarding the country. The author has seen a great deal, but he does not impress us as a man of a scholarly, independent, and broadly cultivated mind.”
| + + — | Nation. 80: 484. Je. 15, ‘05. 2760w. |
“In the matter of authoritative backgrounds, at all events, Col. Waddell’s book on the Lhasa mission and its antecedents is the most complete which has so far appeared.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 262. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1640w. |
“Inferior in literary quality to both Mr. Landon’s ‘The opening of Tibet’ and Mr. Candler’s ‘The unveiling of Lhasa,’ it deals with the subject more broadly and intimately than either.”
| + + — | Outlook. 80: 241. My. 27, ‘05. 1920w. |
“We may therefore accept the statement made in ‘Lhasa and its mysteries’ as an authoritative description, so far as opportunity allowed, of the inner life of the people.”