British Travel Writing from China, 1798-1901

Volume 1: Early Encounters, 1798-1824 General Introduction S Holmes, The Journal of Mr Samuel Holmes (1798); G Wilkinson, Sketches of Chinese Customs & Manners (1814); G T Staunton, Notes of Proceedings and Occurrences during the British Embassy to Peking in 1816 (1824) Volume 2: Mid-Century Explorations, 1841-1863 J L Scott, Narrative of a Recent Imprisonment in China after the Wreck of the Kite (1841); W H Medhurst, A Glance at the Interior of China (1850); T W Blakiston, Five Months on the Yangtze (1862); G Fleming, Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary (1863) Volume 3: Expanding Frontiers, 1866-1877 N B Dennys, Notes for Tourists in the North of China (1866); J Dinwiddie, Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie (1868); R Swinhoe, Reports by Consul Swinhoe of His Special Mission up the River Yang-tsze-kiang (1870); A R Margary, Notes of a Journey from Hankow to Ta-li-Fu (1875); Anon, Guide for Tourists to Peking and its Environs (1876); N Elias, A Visit to the Valley of the Shueli, in Western Yunnan (1877) Volume 4: New Perspectives, 1882-1889 E C Baber, 'A Journey of Exploration in Western Ssu-Ch'uan' (1882); I Williamson, Old Highways in China (1884); W S Percival, The Land of the Dragon (1889); G Guinness, In the Far East: Letters from Geraldine Guinness in China (1889) Volume 5: Century's End, 1892-1901 T M Morris, A Winter in North China (1892); S B J Skertchly, Our Island: A Naturalist's Description of Hong Kong (1893); H T Wade, With Boat and Gun (1895); W A Cornaby, Rambles in Central China (1896); A Little, My Diary in a Chinese Farm (1898); H Davies, Among Hills and Valleys in Western China (1901)