Originally published in 1892. PREFACE There are two Englishmen at presentliving in Shangai who have travelled overland from Europe to China. I was toldwhen ther... » 

Originally published in 1892. PREFACE There are two Englishmen at presentliving in Shangai who have travelled overland from Europe to China. I was toldwhen there that these gentlemen are continually receiving letters from Englandasking for information relative to the journey from Petersburg to Pekin andvice versa via the Gobi Desert and Siberia. It was mainly owing to thiscircumstance that I publish these pages for I fear the general reader willfind little of interest in this account of a monotonous pilgrimage throughEurope and Asia....This early works is a fascinating look at the journey fromEurope to China and will appeal greatly to any traveller or historian. Many ofthe earliest books particularly those dating back to the 1900s and beforeare now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing theseclassic works in affordable high quality modern editions using the originaltext and artwork. «