...political and literary world, and restricted to the dull routine of purely consular duties, he realised in all its sadness the truth of the poet's saying,...amusements, their usages and their superstitions."* It is to be regretted that none of these letters are given in this volume. In fact, one of the noteworthy...

...have been pleasant. Cooped up [writes his biographer] in the prison-house of the Canton factories, far removed from the political and literary world,...unendurable. He mixed much with the people, however, and ;ave in his letters curious and interesting details of their religious and social life, their occupations...