Publisher's Synopsis
For readers interested in early China depicted by women travellers in early 20th century. The boxset focuses on the theme "Women Writers" and features seven books written by women from various walks of life, including:With the Empress Dowager - by Katharine A. Carl, 1905A Woman in China - by Mary Gaunt, 1914My Chinese Days - by Gulielma F. Alsop, 1918Pagoda Shadows: Studies from Life in China - by Adele M. Fielde, 1885Daughters of China: Sketches of Domestic Life in the Celestial Empire - by Eliza J. Gillett Bridgman, 1953Intimate China: The Chinese as I Have Seen Them - by Mrs. Archibald Little, 1899China: The Long-Lived Empire - by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, 1900Each volume of the collection is to reignite interest and also to allow readers to explore how these books relate to the region today.
