Readings from the Internet Archive

By Bayard Taylor. A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853. New York, 1855.

By Bayard Taylor. A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853. New York, 1855.

By Francis L. Hawks. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: Performed in the Years 1852, 1853 and…

By Henry Mayhew. London Labour and the London Poor, vol. 1. London, 1861.

A View of Paris, and Places Adjoining: With an Account of the Court of France, and of the Late King James: To Which is Added, the Present…

Ollendorff’s New Method of Learning to Read, Write, and Speak the Italian Language, 1852.

Catalogue of Exhibition at Saint Botolph Club, Boston, 1913

By L. J. Marcy. The Sciotopticon Manual, 1872.

By John Fisher Murray. The World of London, volume 1, 1843.

By George Staunton. An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, volume I, 1797.

Museum Britannicum, Being an Exhibition of a Great Variety of Antiquities and Natural Curiosities, Belonging to that Noble and Magnificent…

The Scourge; or Monthly Expositor, of Imposture and Folly, January 1811.

By Pierce Egan. Life in London, or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorne, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom in Their…

From April through July 2014, I taught a class at the University of Tokyo titled “Exploring Texts of the Past.” In the class, the students…

By Robert H. Brown. Variety, December 6, 1932.

By George Staunton. An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, volume II, 1797.

Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering. 1854.

The Fugitive Miscellany, vol. 1. 1774.

By Professor John Perry. 1916.