Journeys in North China, Manchuria, and Eastern Mongolia
With Some Account of Corea

This two-volume travelogue, first published in 1870, records the observations of the Scottish missionary Alexander Williamson (1829–90).

Alexander Williamson (Author)

9781108045728, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 August 2012

482 pages, 13 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.61 kg

Scottish missionary Alexander Williamson (1829–90) spent several years preaching in northern China. From 1863 to 1866, he was there as the first overseas agent of the National Bible Society of Scotland. During this time, he travelled as far as Mongolia and Manchuria, a considerable undertaking in those days. He later became secretary of the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese, and formed the Chinese Book and Tract Society in 1884. In this illustrated two-volume work, first published in 1870, he records the observations he made during extensive travels that took him via the home of Confucius while propagating the Bible in Chinese script. Volume 1 offers introductory remarks on China's physical geography, people, culture, government and foreign influences. It also provides descriptions of the northern Chinese provinces and accounts of travels starting from Shandong province.

Preface
1. Introductory observations bearing on the present and future of China
2. Barriers in the way of progress in China
3. Moral forces in China
4. Receptivity of the Chinese
5. The country and its government
6. Civilization and means of intercommunication
7. Province of Shan-Tung
8. Province of Chih-Li
9. The Province of Shan-Si
10. Provinces of Shen-Si, Kan-Su, and Honan
11. The terrace deposits in North China
12. Journey round the Shan-Tung promontory
13. From Peking to Che-Foo via Grand Canal, and the country of Confucius and Mencius
14. Journey through the provinces of Chih-Li, Shan-Si, and a portion of Shen-Si and Honan
15. Journey through Chih-Li, Shan-Si, etc. continued
16. Journey through Chih-Li, Shan-Si, etc. continued
17. Journey through Chih-Li, Shan-Si, etc. continued
18. Journey through Chih-Li, Shan-Si, etc. continued
19. Journey through the southern and central portions of Shan-Tung.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]