Item #24386 Random Letters from Many Countries. John Gardner Coolidge.
Random Letters from Many Countries

Random Letters from Many Countries

Boston: Marshall Jones Company 1924. First Edition. xv, 408 pages. Thick octavo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering (worn). Top edge gilt. A nice copy. Very Good. Cloth. [24386]


An interesting collection of travel narratives, written mostly in the form of letters to his mother after graduating from Harvard and traveling the world for some thirty years. The chapter headings include: 1887 Voyage to Japan - 1888 Teaching in Tokyo - 1889 Java and India - 1890-92 three chapters including Return to America and Voyage to Brazil - Illness in Brazil and Political Disturbances in Brazil - 1893 Revolt of the Fleet - 1894-97 Voyage and Travels in Europe, Tour in England, France, Italy, Norway - 1898 To Cuba - 1899 The Philippines & South Seas - 1900 South Africa - 1902 In the Diplomatic Service - 1903 China - 1904 Russo-Japanese War - 1906 Korea and Japan - 1907 The Embassy in Mexico - 1908 Minister to Nicaragua. You get the idea.

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