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Ch'eng-wen Publishing Company, Published 1966. Hardcover, 4, 464 pp.; 20 cm; Third Edition, reprinted from the Fleming H. Revell edition of 1900; illustrated with a frontispiece, plates and text illustrations, many from drawings by Chinese artists.
In Good condition, no dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and publisher's device on spine; spine sunned to a paler green with gilt dulled, a small raised ridge under the cloth near lower fore-edge of front cover, small worn spot to cloth at foot of front joint, and mild shelf wear. Binding tight. Heavy offset browning to front and rear free endpapers; slight rippling to front pastedown along hinge. Text and plates clean. Map called for on title page not present. Otherwise unmarked. Memoir of W. A. P. Martin (1827-1916), the American Presbyterian missionary who spent most of six decades in China, first at Ningpo and then at Peking. Part I covers the south: Canton, Amoy and Fuchau, learning the language, Ningpo life, the Taiping Rebellion, the Arrow War, and Martin's service as interpreter to the American legation at the Tientsin treaty negotiations. Part II turns north: Peking temples and the Great Wall, a visit to the Jewish colony at Kaifeng, the tomb of Confucius, his presidency of the Tungwen College, the Tsungli Yamen and notable mandarins, Sir Robert Hart, Sir Thomas Wade, and the missionary question. This edition opens with "The End of the Cycle," Martin's 1905 preface on the reform movement, the Dowager's coup and the Boxer siege. Appendix of population and trade tables. Contents: The End of the Cycle (Preface to the New Edition); Preface; Part I, Life in South China: First Glimpses of China; Voyage up the Coast; Learning the Language; Scenes in Ningpo; Scenes and Incidents; Excursions in the Province; Visits to the Islands; The Taiping Rebellion; The "Arrow" War; Tientsin and the Treaties; The War Renewed; Last Views of Ningpo; Part II, Life in North China: Removal to Peking; First Years in Peking; The Great Wall and Sacred Places of Peking; Visit to a Colony of Jews; Pilgrimage to the Tomb of Confucius; The Tungwen College; Mandarins and Government, the Tsungli Yamen; Notable Mandarins; Early Diplomatic Missions from China to the West; China and Her Neighbors; Sir Robert Hart and the Customs Service; Sir Thomas Wade and the Audience Question; The Missionary Question; Appendix: Tables of Population, Trade, etc.; Index