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Title: The Critic in the Orient

Author: George Hamlin Fitch

Release Date: November 11, 2008 [EBook #27233]

Language: English

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THE CRITIC
IN THE ORIENT

[Illustration:

The Taj Mahal at
Agra. This Tomb,
Built by Shah Jahan
to Immortalize His
Favorite Wife, Is
Conceded to be the
Most Beautiful Building
in the World
"Matchless, perfect in
form, a miracle
Of grace and tenderness
and symmetry,
Pearl-pure against the
sapphire of the
sky"]

THE CRITIC
IN THE ORIENT

GEORGE HAMLIN FITCH

AUTHOR OF
"COMFORT FOUND IN GOOD OLD BOOKS"
"MODERN ENGLISH BOOKS OF POWER"
"THE CRITIC IN THE OCCIDENT"

East is East and West is West and
never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently
at God's great Judgment Seat.
--Kipling

ILLUSTRATED
FROM
PHOTOGRAPHS

PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS . SAN FRANCISCO

_Copyright, 1913_
by PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY

The chapters of this
book appeared originally in the
Sunday supplement of the San Francisco _Chronicle_.
The privilege of reproducing them
here is due to the courtesy of
M. H. de Young, Esq.

The author is greatly
indebted to Isaac O. Upham, Esq.,
for the fine photographs which illustrate the
section on Japan and for several
photographs of Indian
scenes

TO MY FELLOW TOURISTS
ON THE MINNESOTA, WHOSE
COMPANIONSHIP MADE MANY
TEDIOUS JOURNEYS BY LAN