Contents
Illustrations
Plates
Introduction
The Best Results of Travel in the Orient
JAPAN, THE PICTURE COUNTRY OF THE ORIENT
MANILA, TRANSFORMED BY THE AMERICANS
HONGKONG, CANTON, SINGAPORE AND RANGOON
INDIA, THE LAND OF TEMPLES, PALACES AND MONUMENTS
EGYPT, THE HOME OF HIEROGLYPHS, TOMBS AND MUMMIES
APPENDIX
Hints for Travelers Some Suggestions That May Save the Tourist Time and Money
Bibliography Books Which Help One to Understand the Orient and Its People
Index
The Taj Mahal at
Agra. This Tomb,
Built by Shah Jahan
to Immortalize His
Favorite Wife, Is
Conceded to be the
Most Beautiful
Building in the World
"Matchless, perfect in
form, a miracle
Of grace and tenderness
and symmetry,
Pearl-pure against the
sapphire of the
sky"
| Taj Mahal |
THE CRITIC
IN THE ORIENT
GEORGE HAMLIN FITCH
AUTHOR OF
"COMFORT FOUND IN GOOD OLD BOOKS"
"MODERN ENGLISH BOOKS OF POWER"
"THE CRITIC IN THE OCCIDENT"
East is East and West is West and
never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently
at God's great Judgment Seat.
—Kipling
ILLUSTRATED
FROM
PHOTOGRAPHS
PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS • SAN FRANCISCO
Copyright, 1913
by Paul Elder and Company
The chapters of this
book appeared originally in the
Sunday supplement of the San Francisco Chronicle.
The privilege of reproducing them
here is due to the courtesy of
M. H. de Young, Esq.
The author is greatly
indebted to Isaac O. Upham, Esq.,
for the fine photographs which illustrate the
section on Japan and for several
photographs of Indian
scenes
TO MY FELLOW TOURISTS
ON THE MINNESOTA, WHOSE
COMPANIONSHIP MADE MANY
TEDIOUS JOURNEYS BY LAND
AND SEA ENJOYABLE
