William de Lange studied Japanese language and culture at the universities of Leiden and Waseda. He is the author and translator of a number of books on Japanese history, culture, and language.
Introductory chapter
1. The steamer Volga
2. A delightful climate
3. The S. S. Kin Kiang
4. 'Faithful unto Death'
5. Portuguese missionaries
6. A Cochin China river
7. Beauties of the Tropics
8. St. Andrew's Cathedral
9. The Lieutenant-Governor of Malacca
10. Malacca mediaevalism
11. A Mangrove swamp
12. The tomb of a 'great prophet'
13. The appurtenances of civilisation
14. The S. S. Rainbow
15. Tiger mosquitos
16. A yachting voyage
17. The Dingings
18. Province Wellesley
19. The Chinese in Larut
20. Novel circumstances
21. A Malay interior
22. A pleasant canter
23. Gang murders
Appendix
Index.
