The Boy Travellers in the Far East (5-vol. set) (ES)

A facsimile reprint of all five books in The Boy Travellers in the Far East: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey (1879–84) series consisting of Japan and China (1879), Siam and Java (1880), Ceylon and India (1881), Egypt and the Holy Land (1882), and Africa (1883), all written by Thomas W. Knox (1835–96). The series, published during ‘the golden age of American children’s literature’ was very successful when published and remained popular among juvenile readers until the early twentieth century. Written in the rollicking style of adventure stories, the books follow two youths on journeys to Asia, Middle East, and Africa. The author strived to give his readers accurate and fascinating information. He made us of—and refers to—the finest research materials on the history and culture of foreign countries. With its many vivid illustrations (some in colour), the series gave a strong impression on his American young readers of the ‘exotic’ Far East. This reprint collection is a set of excellent cultural and historical documents about how children of nineteenth-century America imagined foreign lands. For those working in contemporary Cultural Studies, this series offers many suggestions for further research and provides lively working materials for students of the period.

Table of Contents:
Contents: (Sample articles from the 1890 issues) A Dictionary of Japanese Law Terms A Much-married Man Affairs in Korea Amalgamation of Political Parties Asiatic Society of Japan Changes in Local Government Count Itagaki’s Political Influence Cruelty to Animals in Japan Education in 1889 Inauguration of the Leper Hospital at Koyama Japan Becoming Famous Japan in Their Dealings with Foreigners Japanese Emigration to Hawaii Japanese Foreign Trade in 1889 Kano Hogai M. Boissonade’s Reply to the Objectors Maruyama Okyo Messrs. Shibusawa and Iwasaki Missions in Japan Mr. Lowder and Treaty Revision Mr. Osaki Yukio and the New Cabinet Mr. Sonoda Kokichi on British Trade New Edition of "The Light of Asia" Nippon Onagaku Kwai Postal Saving Banks in Japan Professor E. Fenollossa Professor Toyama on Current Educational Methods Proposed Honours to the Pioneers of Western Learning Pugilistic Females Railways in Japan Red Cross Society of Japan Religious Government in Japan Reminiscences of a Japanese Art Studio of Former Days Rice Silk in 1889 Sir Edwin Arnold and the Satsuma Rebellion Subsidy to Tea Exporters The "Aikoku-koto" Party The "Kirin" Beer at the Industrial Exhibition The "Kokumin-no-Tomo" The 11th National Bank and the Mitsubishi The Bank of Japan and the Present Financial Depression The Bible of the Church The Complete Bible in Japanese The Famine Relief Funds The Influenza Epidemic The Japanese in California The Japanese in Korea The Koto Chiu Gakko Affair The Meiji Art Association The Nationalistic Movement in Japan The New Journalism The Other Side of the Treaty Negotiations with Japan The Photograph Family The Photographic Society of Japan The Progress of Science during the Past Twenty Years The Question of Prostitution The Riukiu Islands The Seismological Society of Japan The Stock Market The Tendency of Japanese Christianity The Third National Exhibition The Yokosuka Outrage The Yotsuya Ghost Watanabe Kazan Yokohama Literary Society etc.