FAR EAST: EUROPEAN RELATIONS
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Boulger, Demetrius C. Central Asian questions. Essays on Afghanistan, China, and Central Asia.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1885. xvi, 457 pp. Portrait. Maps. 8o.
Brandt, Max August Scipio von. Dreiunddreissig Jahre in Ost-Asien. Erinnerungen eines deutschen Diplomaten.
Leipzig: G. Wigand, 1901. 3 vols. Portraits. 8o.
Contents: Bd. 1. Die preussische Expedition nach Ost-Asien. Japan, China, Siam. 1860-1862. Zurück nach Japan. 1862.—Bd. 2. Japan. 1863-1875. 1866. In und durch Amerika. 1871. 1872.—Bd. 3. China. 1875 bis 1893.
—— Die Zukunft Ostasiens; ein Beitrag zur Geschichte und zum Verständnis der ostasiatischen Frage. 3., umgearb. und verm. Auflage.
Stuttgart: Strecker & Schröder, 1903. iv, 118 pp. 8o.
Busley, C. Der Kampf um den ostasiatischen Handel.
Berlin: Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, 1897. 195-244 pp. Folded map. Tables. 8o. (Deutsche Kolonial-Gesellschaft. Verhandlungen, 1896-97. Heft 6.)
Chirol, Valentine. The Far Eastern question.
London: Macmillan and co., 1896. viii, (4), 196 pp. Plates. Folded maps. 8o.
Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st baron. Problems of the Far East; Japan-Korea-China. New and revised edition. [4th ed.]
Westminster: A. Constable & co., 1896. xxiv, 444 pp. Illustrations. Plates. Portraits. Maps. 8o.
Contents: The Far East: Japan; The evolution of modern Japan; Japan and the powers; 1. Treaty between Great Britain and Japan (July, 1894); 2. Protocol. Korea: Life and travel in Korea; The capital and court of Korea; Political and commercial symptoms in Korea; The political future of Korea. China: The country and capital of China; China and the powers; The so-called awakening of China; Monasticism in China. The prospect: After the war; The destinies of the Far East; Great Britain in the Far East. Appendix: 1. Treaty ... between Japan and China. 2. Imperial rescript (May, 1895).
Dennys, Nicholas B., ed. The treaty ports of China and Japan. A complete guide to the open ports of those countries.
London: Trübner, 1867. viii, (2), 668, (2), xxvi pp. Maps. Plans. 8o.
Krausse, Alexis. The Far East: its history and its question.
London: Richards, 1900. xiv, (2), 372 pp. Maps. Plans. 8o.
"The Far East" is, as far as some three or four hundred pages permit, a complete account of the history of the Oriental Asiatic world in its relations with Western civilization, with an examination of the existing factors in the Far Eastern question, and a statement of the evidence bearing upon the subject.
The appendices to the book are particularly useful for reference, as they include a chronology of the history of the Far East, the text of the more important treaties and conventions, and furnish a bibliography of authorities on the Far East.
La Barre de Nanteuil, Amaury de, baron. L'Orient et l'Europe depuis le XVIIe siècle jusqu'aujourd'hui. Ouvrage contenant des cartes de l'Orient aux principales époques de son histoire.
Firmin-Didot et cie, Paris, [1898]. xx, 251 pp. Folded maps. 8o.
Leroy-Beaulieu, Pierre. La rénovation de l'Asie (Sibérie, Chine, Japon).
Paris: Armand Colin et cie, 1900. xxvii, (1), 482 pp. 12o.
"L'ouvrage de M. Pierre Leroy-Beaulieu, 'La rénovation de l'Asie (Sibérie, Chine, Japon),' a eu un grand succès. Les pages où le jeune voyageur a jugé avec tant de clairvoyance les pays d'Extrême-Orient, qu'il a étudiés sur place, ont fait, uon seulement en France, mais à l'étranger, la plus vive impression. En trois mois la première édition de cet ouvrage a été épuisée; la deuxième vient de paraître, avec une nouvelle préface, chez l'éditeur Colin.... En même temps, l'on en prépare une traduction anglaise et une traduction allemande."—L'Economiste français.
"M. Leroy-Beaulieu, in his interesting work, 'La rénovation de l'Asie,' deals with the Japanese question at some length. His book is doubly interesting because it is the first serious contribution to the discussion of the Far Eastern question by a French writer, and because, like Mr. Colquhoun's book, it regards the Chinese problem not as an isolated fact, but as part of a vast evolution."
—— Same.
Paris: A. Colin, 1901. xxix, 482 pp. 12o.
"La plus grande partie du présent ouvrage a paru durant les deux dernières années sous forme d'articles publiés dans la Revue des deux mondes, et de correspondances adressées à l'Économiste français."
—— The awakening of the East: Siberia, Japan, China. [Translated by Richard Davey.] With a preface by Henry Norman.
New York: McClure, 1900. xxvii, (1), 298, (1) pp. 12o.
—— Same.
London: W. Heinemann, 1900. xxvii, (1), 299 pp. 12o.
Mahan, Alfred T. The problem of Asia and its effect upon international policies.
Boston: Little, Brown and company, 1900. xxvi, 233 pp. Folded map. 12o.
Norman, Henry. Asia. The peoples and politics of the Far East. Travels and studies in the British, French, Spanish and Portuguese colonies, Siberia, China, Japan, Korea, Siam and Malaya. [Fifth impression.]
London: T. F. Unwin, 1900. xvi, 608 pp. Frontispiece (colored). Plates. Portraits. Folded maps. 8o.
China, pp. 195-322; Korea, pp. 323-374; Japan, pp. 375-406; Siam, pp. 407-522; Malaya, pp. 523-588.
Pouvourville, Albert de. La question d'extrême-orient. Avec une préface par Gabriel Hanotaux.
Paris: A. Pedone, 1900. xii, 274 pp. 8o. (Études coloniales, vol. 5.)
Reclus, Élisée. La Chine et la diplomatie européenne.
Paris: Éditeurs de l'Humanité nouvelle, 1900. 16 pp. 8o.
"Thinks that the alliance against China, beyond capturing Pekin, will accomplish no good; is inimical to Russia. Thinks Russian advance has been checked to the advantage of the world."
Reid, Gilbert. The powers and the partition of China.
(In The Crisis in China, pp. 35-50. New York, 1900. 12o.)
Siebold, Alexander, Freiherr von. Japan's accession to the comity of nations. Translated from the German with an introduction by Charles Lowe.
London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., 1901. xiii, 119, (1) pp. 12o.
Appendix: Treaty of commerce and navigation between Great Britain and Japan. 1894.
"The substance of this little work ... has already appeared in the form of a series of articles in the magazine Ost-Asien" (Berlin, 1899).—Preface.
Smith, D. Warres. European settlements in the Far East; China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay states, Siam, Netherlands, India, Borneo, the Philippines, etc.
London: S. Low, Marston & co., 1900. xiii, 331 pp. Illustrations. Plates. Map. 8o.
Speer, Robert E. Missions and politics in Asia. Studies of the spirit of the Eastern peoples, the present making of history in Asia, and the part therein of Christian missions.
New York: Fleming H. Revell company, 1898. 271 pp. 12o. (Students' lectures on missions, Princeton theological seminary, 1898.)
Townsend, Meredith. Asia and Europe; studies presenting the conclusions formed by the author in a long life devoted to the subject of the relations between Asia and Europe.
New York: G. P. Putnam's sons; London: A. Constable & co., 1901. xii, 388 pp. 8o.
Papers originally published in the Contemporary review, the National review, and the Spectator.
"The conclusions of the author concerning the possible influence of the West Europeans upon Asia are absolutely pessimistic and—quite correct.... Where our author is entirely right is when he proves by so many illustrations that up to the present time the Europeans have had no influence upon the mind of the populations of Asia."—Kropotkin in The Speaker, March 19, 1904, page 600.
Walton, Joseph. China and the present crisis. With notes on a visit to Japan and Korea.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, 1900. viii, 319 pp. Folded map. 12o.
"Mr. Walton has only recently returned from an eight months' journey in the Far East; he had interviews with many of those who figure so prominently in the present crisis, and his work will be found as interesting as it is opportune."