Thirty Days in the Land of the Mikado (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thirty Days in the Land of the Mikado I wish to impress upon all that I am not following in the footsteps of many of our British cousins who, after making a thirty-day tour of our own country, return home and proceed to write a history of the U. S. A. This is merely a daily log, hastily written, where I have jotted down a few of the many sights that came under my observation and how they impressed me at the time. Much of my information is meager and no doubt many of my conclusions not technically correct, but as this little log will not be the foundation for a text book, or the basis of any political campaign, it will probably pass for what it is intended, merely a few moments' entertainment for those of my friends who can not, as well as those who will not, spare the time necessary to make this delightful tour. 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.