8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 pages; 1873 Scribner, Armstrong & Co., NY. HC 1st American edition, after the 1972 London. Soundly bound in original textured green cloth with patterned borders in black and pictorial design in gilt to front cover. Decorative titles brightly in gilt to spine. Cloth with shallow fray at spine ends with light rubbing and shelf tapping at corner tips of the beveled edge boards. Illustrated with a folding color map fontis. Prior owner dimly in pen to blank front end page. Text clean, neat and unmarked. Candid insights to China by an old missionary and long-time resident. Covers the position of foreigners, character and habits of foreign residents, missionaries, consuls and customs authorities. The customs of the Chinese, shop signs, advertising, opium smoking, infanticide, eating and drinking, etc. Uncommon. VG-