East by West: a Journey in the Recess, Vol. II: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

East by West: a Journey in the Recess, Vol. II, credited to Henry W. Lucy, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of East by West: a Journey in the Recess, Vol. II, by Henry W. Lucy. Read by Ruth Golding. East by West: a Journey in the Recess is an account of British journalist Henry Lucy's travels across America and on to the Far East in 1883, within two or three decades of the American Civil War, the Indian Mutiny and the end of Japan's isolation from the western world. Lucy was one of the most influential journalists of his day and, as "Toby M.P.", a noted humorist in Punch magazine. His acute powers of observation and light touch make this a most engaging book. This is the second of two volumes and covers his experiences in Japan, India and other parts of south-east Asia, returning home via Aden and the Suez Canal. The first volume included his travels in America and in Japan, including the Atlantic and Pacific crossings by steamer. Note: In Chapter 6, Lucy understandably, to a readership wholly unfamiliar with Japan, includes lengthy statistics about Japan's systems and economy. While the reader of the text can glance at such tables and move swiftly on, this is not possible in an audiobook. Accordingly, I have made two versions of Chapter 6. The first version is completely unabridged. In the alternative file, 6alt, I have excised the longest statistical tables. (Summary by Ruth Golding )

Recording facts

• Recording title: East by West: a Journey in the Recess, Vol. II
• Author credits: Henry W. Lucy
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 9:30:30

Catalogue topics

• history, memoirs, travel
• Japan
• India
• Ceylon
• Aden
• Suez
• Malaya
• Penang

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Dining and Cremating — 24:28
2. 02 - A Personal Episode in History — 25:21
3. 03 - By Sea and Land to Kioto — 30:58
4. 04 - The Capital of the Mikados — 24:17
5. 05 - Temples and Worshippers — 19:43
6. 06 - The New Empire in the West — 43:39
7. 06alt - The New Empire in the West (without statistical tables) — 27:10
8. 07 - The Gibraltar of the East — 20:47
9. 08 - In the Tropics — 29:09
10. 09 - The Isle of Spicy Breezes — 29:44
11. 10 - The Prisoner of Ceylon — 10:53
12. 11 - The Liverpool of India — 26:35
13. 12 - Burying and Giving in Marriage — 19:13
14. 13 - The Holy City — 28:45
15. 14 - Bathing in the Ganges — 31:57
16. 15 - The Residency at Lucknow — 13:42
17. 16 - Christmas at Cawnpore — 19:13
18. 17 - The Capital of the Great Mogul — 25:11
19. 18 - 'The Wonder of India' — 17:58
20. 19 - Delhi — 21:27
21. 20 - An Elephant Ride — 19:12
22. 21 - Out of the Hurly-burly — 11:42
23. 22 - Something New about India — 11:11
24. 23 - A British Outpost — 15:11

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