Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Dottings Round the Circle
IT has been said of one of the greatest minds that the world has ever produced, that he dotted round the circle of human knowledge. With all due mod esty for making use of the comparison, I offer to the public these Dottings, made in a journey around the world.
Starting immediately after my graduation at Harvard, I set out upon a tour of the world, equipped with a large number of desirable letters of introduction. By their means I was presented to some of the prominent people in the East, and by their kind favor I was shown what was deemed by them worthy of notice.
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