English Life in China

This volume is from 1885. From the book's Preface:The statements contained in this book have, at all events, the advantage of having been recorded on the spot, and at the time when they were originally deduced. Taken down day by day in shorthand, I venture to hope that the opinions may possess the freshness, sometimes so conducive to accuracy, of first impressions ; while the authenticity of the facts has been safe-guarded by subsequent careful revision. Henry Knollys, Major, Royal Artillery. 'A