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James T. Nichols. Birdseye Views of Far Lands
Birdseye Views of Far Lands
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CHAPTER I
The Land of Opposites—China
CHAPTER II
The Pearl of the Orient—Philippines
CHAPTER III
The Country America Opened to Civilization—Japan
CHAPTER IV
The Transformation of a Nation—Korea
CHAPTER V
A Great Unknown Land—Manchuria
CHAPTER VI
The Land of Sorrow—Siberia
CHAPTER VII
The Home of Bolshevism—Russia
CHAPTER VIII
The Nation That Conquers the Sea—Holland
CHAPTER IX
The Nation That the World Honors—Belgium
CHAPTER X
A Glimpse of America's Friend—France
CHAPTER XI
Some Impressions of the Great Peace Conference
CHAPTER XII
The Nightmare of Europe—Alsace-Lorraine
CHAPTER XIII
The Home of the Passion Play—Oberammergau
CHAPTER XIV
The Country Where the War Started—Servia
CHAPTER XV
A World-Famous Land—Palestine
CHAPTER XVI
A World-Famous City—Jerusalem
CHAPTER XVII
A World-Famous River—The Jordan
CHAPTER XVIII
The Playground of Moses—Egypt
CHAPTER XIX
A Country With a Thousand Rivers—Venezuela
CHAPTER XX
A Land of Great Industries—Brazil
CHAPTER XXI
Uruguay and Paraguay
CHAPTER XXII
The Wonderful Argentine Republic
CHAPTER XXIII
Yankeedom of South America—Chile
CHAPTER XXIV
The Switzerland of South America—Bolivia
CHAPTER XXV
The Land of Mystery—Peru
CHAPTER XXVI
The World's Great Crossroad—Panama Canal
CHAPTER XXVII
The Seven Wonders of the World
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James T. Nichols
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The men in the small boats were told emphatically that only the highest official could come on board. One of the men represented that he was second in rank and when he was allowed to come on board Commodore Perry refused to see him. After a parley this Japanese officer was made to understand that the expedition bore a letter from the President of the United States to the Emperor of Japan and that it could be delivered only to the officer of the highest rank. When the Japanese officer produced the notifications warning all ships against entering the port, the lieutenant refused to receive them.
Returning to the shore the officer came back to the ship in an hour or two saying that his superior would not receive the letter addressed to the Emperor; that he doubted that the Emperor would receive the letter at all. He was instantly informed that if the superior officer did not come for the letter at once the ships would proceed up the Bay of Yeddo and deliver the letter without him. Of course this ultimatum created great excitement and the officer finally asked a stay in the proceedings until the next day.
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