Notes on Hangchow Past and Present.: - Ut cognoscat generatio altera.

Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited,, 1889. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed on the front cover, "Dr Brush USN, with best regards from the writer". This detailed pamphlet is scarce: we have traced only three institutional copies (universities of California, Cambridge, and Ottawa). George Evans Moule (1828-1912) was the first Anglican bishop of mid-China. Beginning his missionary work in 1857, he experienced the Taiping siege of Ningbo first hand. In 1864, he was posted to Hangzhou, becoming the first Western missionary to work outside of a treaty port. Among his many scholarly endeavours, he translated the Book of Common Prayer into classical Chinese. Moule's notes on Hangzhou's history and expatriate community were read at a meeting of the Hangzhou Missionary Association in June 1889 and subsequently printed for private circulation. An expanded edition was published commercially in 1907. Provenance: Dr George R. Brush (1836-1894) served in the US Navy during the Civil War as a surgeon and then with the American squadron in the China seas. He journeyed extensively in Asia in the 1880s and gathered a collection of publications on different Chinese cities. Octavo, pp. 27. Original printed wrappers, gatherings sewn and glued into wrappers as issued. Wrappers well-preserved with 35 mm split at midpoint of rear joint, sturdiness unaffected, light foxing to covers and first leaf. A near-fine copy.