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Thomson, J: The straits of Malacca, Indo-China and China, or Ten years' travels, adventures and residence abroad. III. N. Y. 1875. O. 915.1+14 Johnston, James D. China and Japan; a narrative of the cruise of the U. S. steamfrigate Powhattan in 1857-1860, incl. an account of the japanese embassy to the U. S. Ill. Phila. 1861. D. 915.1:9 United States. Exploring expedition to the China seas and Japan. Narrative of the expedition of an american squadron to the China seas and Japan, 1852-1854, under commodore M. C. Perry, by order of the govt. of the U. S. Ill. Wash. 1856. 3 v. Q. 915.2: D

Note. V. 1 contains the general report and was compiled from the original notes and journals of com. Perry and his officers, by Francis L. Hawks. V. 2 contains special reports on explorations, agriculture and products of various countries visited, by D. S. Green and others; papers on natural history by J: Cassin, Asa Gray and others; facsimile and trans. of the treaty with Japan, etc., with maps and ill. V. 3 has separate title: Jones, G: Observations on the zodiacal light, with conclusións thus obtained.

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Boulger, Demetrius C: History of China. Lond. 951:1

1881-84. 3 v. O.

Contents. V. 1. From the earliest ages to the decline of the mongols, about 1350. 2. From the expulsion of the mongols to the end of Keen Lung's reign, 1796. 3. From the reign of Kiaking to 1881.Chronological table.-App.-Index. Douglas, Robert K. China; [ed. by Arthur

Gilman]. Ill. Bost. [1885]. D. 951:8 Gray, J: H: China; a history of the laws, man

ners and customs of the people; ed. by W: Gow Gregor. Lond. 1878. 2 v. O. 951:7 Du Halde, J: Baptiste. The general history of China, containing a geographical, historical, chronological, political and physical description of the empire of China, Chinese Tartary, Corea and Thibet, incl. an exact and particular account of their customs, manners, ceremonies, religion, arts and sciences. Maps and plates. 3d ed. corr. Lond. 1741. 4 v. D. 951:3

Gutzlaff, C: F: A: A sketch of chinese history, ancient and modern, comprising a retrospect of the foreign intercourse and trade with China. N. Y. 1834. 2 v. D. 951:4 Davis, J: Francis. The chinese; a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants. Ill. [Harper's family lib.] N. Y. 1845. 2 v. S. 951:2 MacFarlane, C: The chinese revolution; with details of the habits, manners and customs of China and the chinese. Lond. 1853. S. 951:5 Callery, J. M., and Melchior Yvan. History of the insurrection in China; with notices of the christianity, creed and proclamations of the insurgents. Tr. from the french, with a supp. chapter, narrating the most recent events, by J: Oxenford. N. Y. 1853.

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Scott, James G, (Shway Yoe). France and Tongking; a narrative of the campaign of 1884 and the occupation of Further India. Map and plans. Lond. 1885. O. 951:9 See also in the Index to biography Jinghiz-khan -Tai-ping-wang.

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Williams, S: Wells. The middle kingdom; a survey of the geography, government, education, social life, arts, religion, etc., of the Chinese empire and its inhabitants. 2d ed. N. Y. 1848. 2 v. D. 915.1:15 The middle kingdom; a survey of the geography, government, literature, social life, arts and history of the Chinese empire and its inhabitants. Rev. ed., with ill. and a new map. N. Y. 1883. 2 v. O. 915.1+23 Richthofen, Ferdinand Paul W: Dieprand freiherr v. China; ergebnisse eigener reisen und darauf gegründeter studien. Ill. and maps. Berlin. 1877. 2 v. Q. 915.1: R29

Contents. V. 1. Einleitender theil. Vorerläuterungen.-China und Central-Asien.- Entwickelung der kentniss von China. Index. 2. Das nördliche China. Tcheng-Ki-Tong. The chinese painted by themselves. Tr. from the french by James Millington. Lond. [1885]. D. 915.1:32 Martin, Robert Montgomery. China, political, commercial and social; in an official report to her majesty's government. Lond. 1847. 2 v. O. 915.1:18 Martin, W: A. P. The chinese; their education, philosophy and letters. N. Y. 1881. D. 915.1:11 Doolittle, Justus. Social life of the chinese; with some account of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions, with special, but not exclusive, reference to Fuhchau. Ill. N. Y. 1865. 2 v. D. 915.1:5 Bridgman, Eliza J. Gillett. Daughters of China, or Sketches of domestic life in the celestial empire. N. Y. 1853. S. 915.1:4 Moule, Arthur E., ed. and tr. Chinese stories for boys and girls, and chinese wisdom for old and young. Ill. Lond. 1880. D. x 915.1:33 Contents. A letter of introd.-Chinese children at home.-Chinese stories for young and old.-Chinese proverbs, grave and gay.-The story of a chinese girl.

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Barrow, Sir J: Travels in China; containing descriptions, observations and comparisons made and collected in the course of a short residence at the imperial palace of YuenMin-Yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country from Pekin to Canton, in which it is attempted to appreciate the rank that this extraordinary empire may be considered to hold in the scale of civilized nations. Ill. Lond. 1804. Q. 915.1: R3 Gutzlaff, C: F: A: Journal of three voyages along the coast of China in 1831-1833, with notices of Siam, Corea and the Loo-Choo islands. Prefixed, an introd. essay on the policy, religion, etc., of China by W. Ellis. 2d ed. Lond. 1834. O.

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Abeel, D: Journal of a residence in China and the neighboring countries; with a prelim. essay on the commencement and progress of missions in the world. 2d ed. Ñ. Y. 1836. D. 915.1:1 Ball, B. L. Rambles in eastern Asia, incl. China and Manilla, during several years' residence; with notes of the voyage to China, excursions in Manilla, Hong-Kong, Canton, Shanghai, Ningpoo, Amoy, Fouchow and Macao. Bost. 1855. D. 915.1:2 Huc, Évariste Régis. Recollections of a journey through Tartary, Thibet and China, during 1844-1846. N. Y. 1852. 2 v. S.

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- A journey through the Chinese empire. N. Y. 1855. 2 v. D. 915.1:8 Milne, W: C. Life in China. Maps. Lond. 1857. D. 915.1:12 Nevius, Helen S. C. Our life in China. N. Y. 1869. S. 915.1:21 Wheeler, Lucius N. The foreigner in China; with introd. by W. C. Sawyer. Chicago. 1881. D. 915.1:13 French, Harry Willard. Our boys in China; the thrilling story of two young americans, Scott and Paul Clayton, wrecked in the China sea, on their return from India, and their strange adventures in China. Ill. Bost. 1883. D.

x 915.1:24 Lander, Sarah W. Pekin. (Spectacles for young eyes). N. Y. n. d. S. x 915.1:28 Gray, Mrs. J: H: Fourteen months in Canton. Ill. Lond. 1880. D. 915.1:6 Colquhoun, Archibald Ross. Across Chrysê; the narrative of a journey of exploration through the south China border lands from Canton to Mandalay. Maps and ill. N. Y. 1883. 2 v. O. 915.1:20 Gill, W: J: The river of golden sand; the narrative of a journey through China and eastern Thibet to Burmah; condensed by E: Colborne Baber, ed. with a memoir and introd. essay by col. H: Yule. Portr., map and ill. Lond. 1883. D. 915.1:30 Shaw, Robert. Visits to High Tartary, Yârkand and Kashgar, formerly Chinese Tartary and return journey over the Karakoram pass. Map and ill. Lond. 1871. O.

915.1+22 Piassetskii, P. Russian travellers in Mongolia and China, [1874]. Tr. by J. Gordon-Cumming. Lond. 1884. 2 v. Ď.

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Gilmour, James. Among the mongols. Map and ill. N. Y. [1883]. D.

3. Corea.

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McLeod, J: Narrative of a voyage in h. m. s. Alceste to the Yellow Sea, along the coast of Corea and through its numerous hitherto undiscovered islands to the island of Lewchew, with an account of her shipwreck in the straits of Gaspar. Phila. 1818. O. 915.1:10 Hall, Basil. Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea and the great Loo-Choo island; with an app., containing charts and various hydrographical and scientific notes, and a vocabulary of the Loo-Choo language by H. J. Clifford. Lond. 1818. Q. 915.1: R16

Oppert, Ernest. A forbidden land; voyages to the Corea; with an account of its geography, history, productions and commercial capabilities, etc. Charts and ill. N. Y. 1880. O. 915.1:17 Griffis, W: Elliot. Corea, the hermit nation: 1, Ancient and medieval history; 2, Political and social Corea; 3, Modern and recent history. N. Y. 1882. O. 915.1:19 Corea without and within; chapters on corean history, manners and religion, with Hendrik Hamel's Narrative of captivity and travels in Corea, annotated. map]. Phila. [1885]. S.

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Reed, Sir E: James.

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Griffis, W: Elliot. The mikado's empire. N. Y. 1876. O. 915.2:1 Contents. Book 1. History of Japan. b. c. 660—a. d. Book 2. Personal experiences, observations and studies in Japan, 1870-1874. Manners and customs of the japanese in the 19th century, from the account of recent dutch residents in Japan, and from the german work of Ph. Fr. v. Siebold. [Harper's family lib.] N. Y. 1841. S. 915.2:3 Hildreth, R: Japan, as it was and is. Bost. 1855. D. 952:3 Alcock, Sir Rutherford. The capital of the ty coon; narrative of a three years residence in Japan. Map and ill. N. Y. 1863. 2 v. D.

915.2:2 Taylor, Bayard, ed. Japan in our day. (Ill. library of travel.) N. Y. 1872. D. 915.2:7 Same. N. Y. 1881. D. 915.2:7 Mossman, S: Japan. Ill. [Foreign countries Lond. 1880. S.

and english colonies].

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Black, J: R. Young Japan. Yokohama and Yeddo; a narrative of the settlement and the city from the signing of the treaties in 1858, to the close of the year 1879, with a glance at the progress of Japan during a

period of 21 years. Yokohama. 1880. 2 v. 952+1 Wernich, Agathon. Ueber ausbreitung und be deutung der neuen culturbestrebungen in Japan. In Deutsche zeit- und streit-fragen. 304: 15 v6 House House, E: H. Japanese episodes. Bost. 1881. T. 915.2:9 Bishop, Isabella L., born Bird. Unbeaten tracks in Japan; an account of travels on horseback in the interior, incl. visits to the abor igines of Yezo and the shrines of Nikko and Isé. Map and ill. N. Y. 1881. 2 v. 0. 915.2:5 Dixon, W: Gray. The land of the morning, an account of Japan and its people, based on a four years' residence in that country, incl. travels into the remotest parts of the interior. Map and ill. Edinb. 1882. D.

915.2:15 Crow, Arthur H. Highways and byways in Japan; the experiences of two pedestrian

Rein, Johannes Justus. Travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the prussian gov. ernment. From the

and ill. N. Y. 1884. german. 2d ed. Maps 915.2: R14 Contents. The physiography of Japan. - The japanese people: History: Ethnography: Topography. Dresser, Christopher. Japan; its architecture, art and art manufactures. Lond. 1882. O. 748+16 Greey, E: Young americans in Japan, or The adventures of the Jewett family and their

Greey, E:-Continued.

friend, Oto Nambo. Bost. 1882 [1881]. O. x 915.2:8 The wonderful city of Tokio, or Further adventures of the Jewett family and their friend Oto Nambo. Bost. 1883 [1882]. O. x 915.2:10 The bear-worshippers of Yezo and the island of Karafuto (Saghalin), or The adventures of the Jewett family and their friend Oto Nambo. Bost. 1884 [1883]. O. x915.2:13 x denotes books specially adapted for children.

19. Asia-b, Southern.

1. Hither India. History.

Wheeler, J: Talboys. A short history of India and of the frontier states of Afghanistan, Nipal and Burma. Maps and tables. Lond. 1880. D. 954:10 Trotter, Lionel James. History of India; from the earliest times to the present day. Lond. [1874]. D. 954: 2 Feudge, Fannie Roper. India; [ed. by Arthur Gilman]. Bost. 1880. D. 954: 1 Wheeler, J: Talboys. The history of India from the earliest ages. Lond. 1847-81. 4 v. in 5. O. 954: R15 Contents. V. 1. The Vedic period and the Mahá Bharata: Introd.; The Mahá Bhárata; Episodes in the Mahá Bhárata; Index. 2. The Rámáyana. — The brahmanic period.-Index. 3. Hindú, buddhist and brahmanical: Retrospect of Vedic India; Retrospect of brahmanic India; Life and teachings of Gótama Buddha, b. c. 623-543; Greek and roman India; Buddhist India, b. c. 300 to a. d. 645; The hindú drama; The Rajpoots; The brahmanical revival, a. d. 600 1600; Portuguese india, a. d. 1500-1600.-App.-Index. 4. Musselman rule: Pt. 1, Islam before the conquest of India, a. d. 570 to 977; Sunni conquest of the Punjab and Hindustan, a. d. 1001 to 1526; Shiah revolt in the Dekhan, a. d. 1347 to 1565; The Moghul empire, 1505-1658. Pt. 2, Moghul empire under Aurangzeb, a. d. 1658 to 1707; Decline and fall, a. d. 1707 to 1761; Civilisation, a. d. 1600 to 1764; Provincial history, Bengal, a. d. 1700 to 1756. App. The Sháh námeh of Firdusi; Hindú annals compiled from the Mackenzie mss. -Index.

Mill, James. The history of British India. 5th ed., with notes and a continuation, by Horace Hayman Wilson. Lond. 1858. 6 v. D. 954: 13 Contents. Mill, J. V. 1. Pref.-Glossary. - From the commencement of the british intercourse with India to 1708.-Of the hindus. 2. Same, continued.-The mohammedans. 3. 1708-1774. 4. 1775-1784. 5. 1785 -1793. 6. 1793-1805. Wilson, H. H. 7. 1805-1812. 8. 1813-1823. 9. 1823-1833. 10. Index, 1-6.-Index, 7-9.

Martin, Robert Montgomery. History of the possessions of the honorable East India company. [British col. lib., v. 8, 9]. Lond. 1837. 2 v. S. 954: 12

Caunter, Horace. The romance of history: India. Ill. Lond. n. d. D. 954: 9 Robertson, W: An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India, and the progress of trade with that country, prior to the discovery of the passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope, with an app. containing observations on the civil policy, the laws and judicial proceedings, the arts, the sciences and re

ligious institutions of the indians. N. Y. 1844. O. With his History of Scotland. 941: 10 Erskine, W: A history of India under the two first sovereigns of the house of Taimur, Báber aud Humáyun, [1519-1556]. Lond. 1854. 2 v. O. 954: 3 Murray, Hugh, and others. Historical and descríptive account of British India, from the most remote period to the present time; incl. a narrative of the early portuguese and english voyages, the revolutions in the Mogul empire and the origin, progress and establishment of the british power, with ill. of the zoology, botany, climate, geology, and mineralogy, also medical observations, an account of the hindoo astronomy, the trigonometrical surveys and the navigation of the Indian seas. Ill. [Harper's family lib.] N. Y. 1844. 3 v. S.

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Capper, J: The three presidencies of India; a

history of the rise and progress of the british indian possessions, from the earliest records to the present time, with an account of their government, religion, manners, customs, education, etc. Ill. Lond. 1853. O.

954: 5 Malleson, G: Bruce. The founders of the indian empire, Clive, Warren Hastings and Wellesly: Clive. Portr. and maps. Lond. 1882. O. 954: 11 Malcolm, Sir J: The political history of India from 1784 to 1823. Lond. 1826. 2 v. O.

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Dodd, G: The history of the Indian revolt and of the expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-1858. Ill. [Anon.] Lond. [1859]. 0. 954+7 The Valbezen, Eugène de, (Major Fridolin). english and India; new sketches. Tr. from the french, with the author's permission by 954: 6 a diplomate. Lond. 1883. O. Bellew, H: Walther, (?) Invasions of India from central Asia. Lond. 1879. O. 954: 8 Contents. Pref. The turkish invasion of India under sultan Baber, in 1525. - The persian invasion of India under Nadir Shah, in 1739.-The english invasion of Kabul, in 1839.-App.

Edwards, H: Sutherland. Russian projects against India, from the czar Peter to gen eral Skobeleff. Map. Lond. 1885. O.

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Martin, Robert Montgomery. History of the british possessions in the Indian and Atlantic oceans; comprising Ceylon, Penang, Malacca, Sincapore, the Falkland islands, St. Helena, Ascension, Sierra Leone, the Gambia, Cape Coast Castle, etc. [Brit. col. lib., v. 10]. Lond. 1837. S. 959:4

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Heber, Reginald. Narrative of a journey through the upper provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824, 1825; with notes upon Ceylon, an account of a journey to Madras and the southern provinces, 1825, and letters written in India. Phila. 1829. 2 v. D. 915.4:4 Roberts, Emma. Scenes and characters of Hindostan; with sketches of anglo-indian 915.4:13 society. Phila. 1836. 2 v. D. Tucker, S. South indian sketches; containing a short account of some of the missionary stations, connected with the church missionary society in southern India, in letters to a young friend. Pt. 1, Madras and Mayaveram. 2d ed. Lond. 1842. S.

915.4:14 Ward, Ferdinand DeWard. India and the hindoos; a popular view of the geography, history, government, manners, customs, literature and religion of that ancient people, with an account of christian missions among them. N. Y. 1850. D. 915.4:15 Russell, W: Howard. My diary in India, in 1858-9. Ill. Lond. 1860. 2 v. D. 915.4:28

Humphrey, Mrs. E. J. Six years in India, or Sketches of India and its people, as seen by a lady missionary; given in a series of letters to her mother. Ill. N. Y. [1866]. S. 915.4:5

Cumming, W: Gordon. Wild men and wild beasts, or Scenes in camp and jungle. (III. 915.4:29 lib. of travel.) N. Y. 1872. D. Williams, Monier. Modern India and the indians; a series of impressions, notes and es915.4:3 says. 2d ed. Lond. 1878. O. Kennedy, James. Life and work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839--1877; with an introd. note by sir W: Muir. Ill. Lond. 1884. D.

915.4:33 Dutt, Shoshee Chunder. India, past and present; with minor essays on cognate subjects. Lond. 1880. O. 915.4:1 Contents. India past and present.-Minor essays: Taxation in India; The indian statute book; British opium policy and its results. Half-hours with nature: Introd.; The foot-prints of the deity; The attributes of the deity; Human life; Our duties; The intermediate future; Good and evil; Futurity, heaven and hell.

Temple, Sir R: India in 1880. Lond. 1880. O. 915.4:2 India, [1847915.4:35

Map. N. Y. 915.4:31

- Men and events of my time in 1881]. Lond. 1882. O. Baxter, W: E: Winter in India. [1883]. D. French, Harry Willard. Our boys in India; the wanderings of two young americans in Hindustan, with their adventures on the sacred rivers and wild mountains, etc. Bost. 1883 [1882]. O. x 915.4:25

Bradbury, James. India, its condition, religion 915.4:34 and missions. Lond. 1884. D. Cumming, Constance Frederica Gordon-. In the Himalayas and on the indian plains. Ill. Lond. 1884. O. 915.4:38 Leonowens, Anna Harriette. Life and travel in India; recollections of a journey before the days of railroads. [Ill.] Phila. [1885]. D. 915.4:37 Hornaday, W: T. Two years in the jungle; the experiences of a hunter and naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay peninsula and Borneo. Map and ill. N. Y. 1885. O. 915.4:42 Robinson, Philip. Under the sun; with a pref. by Edwin Arnold. Bost. 1882. D.

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Contents. Indian sketches: In my indian garden; Visitors in feathers; Visitors in fur and others.-The indian seasons.- Unnatural history: Monkeys and metaphysics; Hunting of the soko; Elephants; The elephants' fellow-countrymen; Cats and sparrows; Bears, wolves, dogs, rats; Some sea-folk.-Idle hours under the punkah: The man-eating tree; Eastern smells and western noses; Gamins; On tailors: The hara-kiri; My wife's birds; The legend of the blameless priest.

Williams, Arthur Lukyn. Famines in India; their causes and possible prevention; the Cambridge university Le Bas prize essay, 1875. Lond. 1876. D. 915.4:16

Himalayan regions. Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski, Hermann v. Reisen in Indien und Hochasien; eine darstellung der landschaft, der cultur und sitten der bewohner, in verbindung mit klimatischen und geologischen verhältnissen. Basirt auf die resultate der wissenschaftlichen mission von Hermann, Adolph und Robert von Schlagintweit, ausgeführt in 1854-1858. Ill. und karten. Jena. 1869–80. 4 v. O. 915:3

Contents. V. 1. Indien.-Register. 2. Hochasien: 1, Der Himalaya von Bhutan bis Kashmir. 3. Same: 2, Tibet, zwischen der Himalaya- und der Karakorumkette. 4. Same: 3, Ost-Turkistan und umgebungen; nebst wissenschaftlichen zusammenstellungen über die höhengebiete und über die thermischen verhältnisse.

Wilson, Andrew. The abode of snow; observations on a tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, through the upper valleys of the Himalaya. N. Y. 1875. D. 915.4:17

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Lambert, Cowley. A trip to Cashmere and Ladak. Ill. Lond. 1877. D. Aynsley, Harriett Georgina Maria Murray-, born Sutton. Our visit to Hindostán, Kashmir and Ladakh. Lond. 1879. O. 915.4:32 Inglis, James, (Maori). Sport and work on the Nepaul frontier, or Twelve years' sporting reminiscences of an indigo-planter by 'Maori". N. Y. 1879. Q. 915.4+6 Oliphant, Laurence. A journey to Katmandu, the capital of Nepaul, with the camp of Jung Bahadoor, incl. a sketch of the nepaulese ambassador at home. N. Y. 1852. S. 915.4:12 Cooper, T. T. The Mishmee hills; an account of a journey made in an attempt to penetrate Thibet from Assam to open new routes for commerce. Ill. Lond. 1873. D.

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Vincent, Frank, jr. The land of the white elephant; sights and scenes in southeastern Asia; a personal narrative of travel and adventure in Farther India, embracing the countries of Burma, Siam, Cambodia, and Cochin-China, 1871-2. Maps, plans and ill. N. Y. 1874. O. 915.4:22 Hellwald, F: v. Hinterindische länder und völker; reisen in den flussgebieten des Irrawaddy und Mekong, in Birma, Annam, Kambodscha und Siam, unter besonderer berücksichtigung der neuesten zustände in Birma bearbeitet. 2e vermehrte aufl. [Ill. bibliothek der länder- und völkerkunde.] Leipz. 1880. O. 915.4:27

Colquhon, Archibald Ross. Amongst the shans; with an historical sketch of the shans by Holt S. Hallett, preceded by an introd. on the Cradle of the shan race by Terrien de Lacouperie. N. Y. 1885. O.

See also his Across Chrysê, 915.1: 20.

Burma.

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Palmer, J: Williamson. The golden dagon, or Up and down the Irrawaddi; passages of adventure in the Burman empire, by an 915.4:21

american. N. Y. 1856. D.

Same. New ed. N. Y. 1859. D. 915.4:21 Fytche, Albert. Burma, past and present, with personal reminiscences of the country. Ill. Lond. 1878. 2 v. O. Scott, James George, (Shway Yoe, subject of the great queen). The burman; his life and notions. Lond. 1882. 2 v. D. 915.4:26

Siam.

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Bock, C: Temples and elephants; the narrative of a journey of exploration through upper Siam and Lao. Map and ill. Lond. 1884. 0. 915.4:36

Malay peninsula.

McNair, F: Perak and the Malays:

Sârong and 915.9:6

Kris. Ill. Lond. 1878. O. Bishop, Isabella L., born Bird. The Golden Chersonese and the way thither. Ill. N. Y. 1883. D. 915.9:8 Note. Travels in Sungei Ujong, Selangor and Pêrak.

Lowe, J. Eleanor. Ten days in the jungle__[of Pêrak], by J. E. L. Bost. 1885 [1884]. D. 915.9:9 Loftus, Arthur J: Notes of a journey across the isthmus of Krà, made with the french government survey expedition, jan.-april 1883; with explanatory map and sections, and app. containing reprint of report to the indian government by captains Fraser and Forlong, in 1863. Lond. 1883. O.

3. Persia. History.

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(See also Ancient Persia, col. 1169-1170).

Fraser, James Baillie. Historical and descriptive account of Persia from the earliest ages to the present time; with a detailed view of its resources, government, population, natural history, and the character of its inhabitants, particularly of the wandering tribes, incl. a description of Afghanistan and Beloochistan. Ill. [Harper's family lib.] N. Y. 1845. S. 955:1 Piggot, J: Persia, ancient and modern. Lond. 1874. D. 955:3

See also in the Index to biography Nâdir. Karaka, Dosabhai Framji. History of the parsis, incl. their manners, customs, religion and present position. Ill. Lond. 1884. 2 v. O. 955:2

Contents. V. 1. Historical sketch. The zoroastrians in Persia. The zoroastrians in India: their manners and customs. Internal government and laws.- Education. 2. Distinguished parsis of Gujarat; of Bombay.-Zoroaster.- The parsi creed. Monotheism and fire-reverence.-Progress and present position.-App.

Description.

Wagner, Moriz F: Reise nach Persien und dem lande der kurden. Leipz. 1852. 2 v. D. 915.5:1

Contents. V. 1. Vorläufer: Denkwürdigkeiten von der Donau und vom Bosporus.-Von Trapezunt nach Erzerum und dem türkisch - persischen hochlande. 2. Persisch-Kurdistan.-Schlussbetrachtungen [über die central-asiatische frage].-Anhang: Beiträge zur ethnographie des orients; zur naturgeschichte Vorderasiens.

Shepherd, W: Ashton. From Bombay to Bushire and Bussora, incl. an account of the present state of Persia and notes on the persian war. Lond. 1857. D. 915.5:3 Ballantine, H: Midnight marches through Persia; with an introd. by J. H. Seelye. Maps and ill. Bost. 1876. Ŏ. 915.5:5 Arnold, Arthur. Through Persia by caravan.

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