The Edge of the Orient (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Robert Howard Russell
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365143246
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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Excerpt from The Edge of the Orient For some time after leaving Vienna the route traverses a beautiful plain rising gradually into the hills, where the famous Voslau wine is pro duced. At Gloggnitz'you reach the commence ment of the famous Semmering Railway, the pioneer of mountain railroads, and begin the as cent oi the Styrian Alps, going through fifteen tunnels and over eighteen viaducts in the first thirty-five miles, while beautiful vistas of gray cliffs and green valleys are continually opening to you as you Shoot out into the sunshine from the dark caverns which pierce the heart of the moun tains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: George William Knox
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484163811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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Excerpt from The Spirit of the Orient The family as the unit. Extinction of the family a calamity. The Chinaman not naturally an emigrant. Government of villages. Lack of patriotism. Limitations of the power of the emperor. Departments of the government. Prevalence of graft. Social morality compared with that of Europe. Monotony of Chinese life. Lack of nerves illustrated. Disregard of life contrasted With care of the dead. Present condition of Buddhism in China. Chief teachings of Confucianism. The spirit of India and of China contrasted in the nature of their religions. Problems presented by the poverty of China. Insufficiency of the Confucian code for the present nation. Necessity of slow progress in China. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Clayton Sedgwick Cooper
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656792399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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Excerpt from Modernizing of the Orient The East has at last met the West face to face. What has been the character of that meeting? What have been the results of the mingling of these two opposite and distinct sets of people with their antipodal points of View and methods? Is the East becoming West? What is happening? These have been the writer's questions upon two journeys around the world in which many unusual privileges have been afforded for first-hand contact with a large variety of institutions and native populations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Albert Bushnell Hart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332165926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Excerpt from The Obvious Orient The world abounds in sketchy books upon the East, and the title chosen for this volume is the writer's admission that no one can learn all that there is in the most ancient and inscrutable of the continents in an eight months' experience. On the other hand, the Orient is so unlike the western world that it still has the stimulating effect of novelty and variety. It is astonishing how the books that one reads beforehand on the East fail to include the things which instantly come before the eyes the moment one lands in Asia; even the hasty traveller's record, therefore, adds something to the knowledge of the bewildering and picturesque detail of Oriental life. For this study of the East I have had some advantages in the way of previous investigation and reflection, and the friendship of former students and others now settled in the Orient. Americans in that part of the world never lose their nationality, and the travelling American finds himself welcomed to a partnership in their experiences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Percy Mackaye
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260381996
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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Excerpt from Thousand Years Ago: A Romance of the Orient Considering the version as it stood to be in need of changes for their purposes, the owners of the American rights requested me to suggest and make the changes. To this I replied that to make altera tions or adaptations of the version did not appeal to me, but if the owners would like to give me entire freedom to write a new and original play on the theme of the Persian folk-tale used by Gozzi suit able to the scenic settings of Reinhardt's production, I should be glad to do so. This freedom was courteously given, and the present play was written in the late spring and early summer of this year, and placed in rehearsal in October. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Walter R. Lambuth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781331319399
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Excerpt from Side Lights on the Orient These pen sketches were made during a flying visit to the Far East. There has been no attempt at a systematic description of the countries visited. The writer only intends to give the young reader a more realistic idea of the lights and shadows playing over some of the world's thoroughfares and bypaths; something of human need and God-given opportunity to meet that need. If it has been possible to awaken and stimulate a desire to know more about the interesting people who live in the lands beyond the sea, and who are being brought nearer to us every day, he will be amply rewarded for the time spent in turning these side lights upon the traveled way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Ira Francis Harris
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267473946
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Excerpt from Breezes From the Orient The letters were hastily written, While on a tour around the world, going east, which left New York, January the fourth, nine teen hundred and thirteen, returning May the twenty-fourth of the same year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: A. P. Wiswell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332752577
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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Excerpt from The Orient, Vol. 2: April 8, 1872 For 50 years, is still at his Old Stand, Opposite north end of the Mall ready to answer all orders in his line. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Robert William Rogers
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333454869
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Excerpt from The Recovery of the Ancient Orient By your kind and attering invita tion am I come, and by my own choice am I to speak of the only sub ject to which I may claim to have right of public utterance. The field of human knowledge has sensibly wid ened since those large days in 1776, when some of our forebears fought to found a new commonwealth, while others, even amid rumors of war in the distracted colonies, dared to meet and found a learned society.1 They were men who might hope to compass the field Of learning as none may dare in these days, least of all one whose whole life has been given to a field circumscribed within narrow limits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Author: John Collinsworth Simmons
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780666408112
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Excerpt from My Trip to the Orient From early manhood I have had a consuming desire to visit classic and Bible lands, but never till in my seventy-fifth year did the opportunity offer itself; and from the beginning of my journey I have had in mind the'relation of what I saw and heard for the benefit of my friends and the reading public. While in many instances I, have used the guide-books that were available, I have not leant upon them, except where it was neces sary to get facts and figures. I have tried to see, and to think, and to write for myself. With Bible in hand, I have accepted nothing, whatever tradition might say, if not substantiated by it. I do not claim infallibility for my book, but I have adhered strictly to facts, where it was possible to secure these facts. I have sought for information from the best sources at hand, and from notes taken on the ground I have written while matters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.