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East by West, Vol. 2

East by West, Vol. 2

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Number of Chapters: 25

Length: 9 hours and 30 minutes

Language: English

East by West: a Journey in the Recess is an account of British journalist Henry Lucy's travels across America and on to the Far East in 1883, within two or three decades of the American Civil War, the Indian Mutiny and the end of Japan's isolation from the western world. Lucy was one of the most influential journalists of his day and, as "Toby M.P.", a noted humorist in Punch magazine. His acute powers of observation and light touch make this a most engaging book.

This is the second of two volumes and covers his experiences in Japan, India and other parts of south-east Asia, returning home via Aden and the Suez Canal. The first volume included his travels in America and in Japan, including the Atlantic and Pacific crossings by steamer.

Note: In Chapter 6, Lucy understandably, to a readership wholly unfamiliar with Japan, includes lengthy statistics about Japan's systems and economy. While the reader of the text can glance at such tables and move swiftly on, this is not possible in an audiobook. Accordingly, I have made two versions of Chapter 6. The first version is completely unabridged. In the alternative file, 6alt, I have excised the longest statistical tables. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

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01 - Dining and Cremating (Ruth Golding)
02 - A Personal Episode in History (Ruth Golding)
03 - By Sea and Land to Kioto (Ruth Golding)
04 - The Capital of the Mikados (Ruth Golding)
05 - Temples and Worshippers (Ruth Golding)
06 - The New Empire in the West (Ruth Golding)
06alt - The New Empire in the West (without statistical tables) (Ruth Golding)
07 - The Gibraltar of the East (Ruth Golding)
08 - In the Tropics (Ruth Golding)
09 - The Isle of Spicy Breezes (Ruth Golding)
10 - The Prisoner of Ceylon (Ruth Golding)
11 - The Liverpool of India (Ruth Golding)
12 - Burying and Giving in Marriage (Ruth Golding)
13 - The Holy City (Ruth Golding)
14 - Bathing in the Ganges (Ruth Golding)
15 - The Residency at Lucknow (Ruth Golding)
16 - Christmas at Cawnpore (Ruth Golding)
17 - The Capital of the Great Mogul (Ruth Golding)
18 - 'The Wonder of India' (Ruth Golding)
19 - Delhi (Ruth Golding)
20 - An Elephant Ride (Ruth Golding)
21 - Out of the Hurly-burly (Ruth Golding)
22 - Something New about India (Ruth Golding)
23 - A British Outpost (Ruth Golding)
24 - Through the Suez Canal (Ruth Golding)
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