WESTERN TOURISM IN CHINA.

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Cook's Tourist's Handbook of Peking, Tientsin, Shan-Hai-Kwan, Mukden, Dairen, Port Arthur and Keijyo (Seoul). Second edition, revised and updated from the first edition following the 1911 revolution. "It is seldom such momentous changes take place in a country within three years as have shaken the political, industrial and civil life of China since this book was first compiled" (introduction).The construction of railway lines from the late 19th century onwards afforded new opportunities for Westerners to travel in Asia. Thomas Cook established its first China office in 1911 in Shanghai to capitalize on this. Its guides were well known for their itineraries, maps, and ease of use.

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