Front matter
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The Taj Mahal at Agra. This Tomb, Built by Shah Jahan to Immortalize His Favorite Wife, Is Conceded to be the Most Beautiful Building in the World "Matchless, perfect in form, a miracle Of grace and tenderness and symmetry, Pearl-pure against the sapphire of the sky"
THE CRITIC IN THE ORIENT
GEORGE HAMLIN FITCH AUTHOR OF "COMFORT FOUND IN GOOD OLD BOOKS" "MODERN ENGLISH BOOKS OF POWER" "THE CRITIC IN THE OCCIDENT"
East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat. —Kipling
ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS • SAN FRANCISCO
Copyright, 1913 by Paul Elder and Company
The chapters of this book appeared originally in the Sunday supplement of the San Francisco Chronicle. The privilege of reproducing them here is due to the courtesy of M. H. de Young, Esq.
The author is greatly indebted to Isaac O. Upham, Esq., for the fine photographs which illustrate the section on Japan and for several photographs of Indian scenes
TO MY FELLOW TOURISTS ON THE MINNESOTA, WHOSE COMPANIONSHIP MADE MANY TEDIOUS JOURNEYS BY LAND AND SEA ENJOYABLE