Our New Way Round the World

xix, 524 pp. Spine and front board titles decorated in gilt. The last rail has been laid between the Atlantic and the Pacific, and the locomotive runs from ocean to ocean. This volume contains notes of observation along the route in Egypt, India, Malacca, China, Japan, and California. CONTENTS: New York to Marseilles; On the Mediterranean; Modern Egypt; Cairo; The Delta of the Nile; The Suez Canal; From Egypt to India; Bombay; British India; The Railways of India; History, Philosophy, and Religion of the Hindoos; Through the Deccan; Riding in a Dak; In the Heart of India; Scenes in Allahbad; Native Schools; From Allahabad to Benares; The City of Benares; The Baboos; Down the Valley of the Ganges; Our First Night in Calcutta; Missionary Operations; Life in India; Across the Bay of Bengal; The Spice Islands; Penang; Singapore, Life in Malacca; From Singapore to Hong Kong; Geography and History of China; Hong Kong; Opium; From Hong Kong to Canton; The Influence of Confucius; Southern China; A Ramble in Canton; The Temple of the Ocean Banner; Moral Forces; On the Canton River; Up the Coast of China; Approach to Shanghae; In the City of Shanghae; Fung Shuey; Festivals; Romanism in China; Up the Yangtse; Central China; Competitive Examination; Cultivation of Tea; The Future of China; Northern China; Approach to Nagasaki; Western Japan; Through the Inland Sea; Hiogo; Yokohama; Yedo; From Japan to California; California; Yosemite; Salt Lake; The Pacific Railroad; Conclusion; Supplement.