Epigraph
East is East and West is West and
never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently
at God’s great Judgment Seat.
—Kipling
The chapters of this
book appeared originally in the
Sunday supplement of the San Francisco Chronicle.
The privilege of reproducing them
here is due to the courtesy of
M. H. de Young, Esq.
The author is greatly
indebted to Isaac O. Upham, Esq.,
for the fine photographs which illustrate the
section on Japan and for several
photographs of Indian
scenes