COMMODORE PERRY'S JAPAN EXPEDITION.
D. APPLETON & CO.,
346 & 348 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
Narrative of the Expedition of an American
Squadron to the China Seas & Japan,
Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854,
By order of the Government of the United States, under the Command of Commodore
M. C. Perry, U. S. N.
Compiled from the Original Notes and Journals of Commodore Perry,
AT HIS REQUEST, AND UNDER HIS SUPERVISION.
BY FRANCIS L. HAWKS, D.D.
ONE VOLUME 8vo., WITH TWO HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS AND CHARTS.
"A threefold interest attaches to this work. It claims emphatic notice as a record
of national enterprise; it forms an important chapter of our diplomatic history; and it
is permanently attractive as an embodiment of scientific facts. With such a degree
and kind of interest as the basis of a new contribution to the honorable archives of
American exploration, we cannot but congratulate the large number of readers, who,
biased by one or another of the special claims we have designated, will eagerly peruse
this elegant publication, prepared, as it has been, with so eminent care, judgment and
skill."
From the N. Y. Daily Times.
"Rarely has a Narrative appeared so intelligible in all points. There can be no
mistake, from first to last, as to the meaning of a single sentence. Every thing is
definite and intelligible. The book has all the interest of romantic fiction, combined
with the effect of incidents of actual occurrence and great novelty."
"Without abating one jot of self-respect, or employing one particle of humbug, the
American Commodore did with Japan what no one else had done before. He and his
officers were straightforward and courteous in all their dealings with the Japanese,
and the digest of their reports and other documents attests their intelligence and
education, and thereby does honor to the country of which they were, in the sight of
the world, the able and successful representatives."
"It is a book which, taken as a whole, will give much pleasure and satisfaction,
and, being copiously illustrated with maps and engravings will cultivate the acquaint-
ance of the public with the geography and inhabitants of the Japanese Archipelago."
"The negotiations of the Commodore with the Japanese present a new plan of
diplomacy, and the book abounds with notices, throwing light on the social and moral
character of the Japanese, and their political and religious institutions. There were
skilful artists accompanying the expedition, and the illustrations are by no means the
least interesting part of the book."
From the Portland Christian Mirror.
"The general reader, as well as the diplomat and naturalist, will be both interested
and instructed in matters of social economy, in diplomacy, and in science."