Books with author Rikki O'Neill

China and Japan the world has at length grown familiar; in as far as the Occident can comprehend the Orient, the daily life of the Mongolian race has been made known to us. There are, however, some branches of this race of which little is said. Since 1884 the French have had possession of the northern province of A nnam, and it is this part of the extreme Orient that the following short tales may serve to illustrate. Even in this province of Tonkin, or Tonquin, as we write it in English, the Annamites are divided into several distinct peoples; but how each may differ from the other would be a problem for the ethnographer. French rule was not gratefully accepted in Tonquin. These poor savages did not at once comprehend or appreciate the honor of being subject to France; so they made desperate efforts to resist French(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

Excerpt from The Travels of John Wryland, Being an Account of His Journey to Tibet, of His Founding a Kingdom on the Island of Palti, and of His War Against the Ne-Ar-BiansSome in this emergency suggested to me the study of law or medicine or some other profession; buti was sick of studying, and wanted, without any more delay, to be able to fill some posi tion in the world. Occupied with books and unused to mix with men, I was en tirely deficient in the art of making friends, and therefore I felt that unless I should display remarkable talents in the profession I should choose I should be doomed, so far as making money went, to failure. I, therefore, deter mined that instead of studying and handling books, I would mix with men and learn to handle them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Travels of John Wryland, Being an Account of His Journey to Tibet, of His Founding a Kingdom on the Island of Palti, and of His War Against the Ne-Ar-BiansSome in this emergency suggested to me the study of law or medicine or some other profession; buti was sick of studying, and wanted, without any more delay, to be able to fill some posi tion in the world. Occupied with books and unused to mix with men, I was en tirely deficient in the art of making friends, and therefore I felt that unless I should display remarkable talents in the profession I should choose I should be doomed, so far as making money went, to failure. I, therefore, deter mined that instead of studying and handling books, I would mix with men and learn to handle them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.