A Winter in North China

Published in 1892, this fascinating book recounts a journey through China taken by two clergymen in the winter of 1890.

T. M. Morris (Author), Richard Glover (Author)

9781108013826, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 June 2010

264 pages, 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg

In the winter of 1890, the Reverend T. M. Morris and the Reverend Richard Glover spent five months journeying through the Shantung and Shansi provinces in north China. Commissioned by the Baptist Missionary Society to inspect the work of all missionaries in the area, the two clergymen travelled by boat, cart, wheelbarrow and 'other strange conveyances' in order to complete their mission. Published in 1892, this book compiles the letters sent home by Morris, originally appearing in The East Anglian Daily Times and the Freeman. Writing with notable Christian zeal, Morris ably describes the difficulties faced in such a journey, delighting at the people encountered and wondering at the awe-inspiring landscape. With a preface by Glover attesting to Morris' 'careful and shrewd' observational skills, and a map of the area covered in this remarkable journey, this book provides a novel insight into nineteenth-century China.

Introduction
Author's preface
1. From San Francisco to Yokohama
2. Chefoo and Tien-Tsin
3. From Tien-Tsin to Tsing-Chow-Fu
4. Tsing-Chow-Fu
5. Chow-Ping
6. Chi-Nan-Fu
7. The Great Plain of China
8. T'ai-Yuen-Fu
9. Peking
10. An interview with Li-Hung-Chang
11. Shanghai
12. Hankow, Hong-Kong, and Canton
13. The religions of China
14. Fung-Shui
15. Missionary work and methods in China
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]