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Books in the Far East genre:

Masterman Ready: or The Wreck of the Pacific (1841)

This is a robinsonnade written by a captain in the British navy. A family going to settle in Australia is wrecked on a desert island and the old seaman, Ready, helps them survive. Read online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2, and Volume 3.... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Allen Robert Branston

Michael Strogoff, the Courier of the Czar (1877)

Unusual for Verne this is a straightforward adventure novel. Unfortunately it is, at least in the English translation, very poorly written.

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): Jules-Descartes Férat

Indian Fairy Tales (1892)

A selection of Indian folk and fairy tales. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s): John D. Batten

The Red True Story Book (1895)

A collection of true stories of adventure and heroism. Read online at archive.org.

Kim (1901)

Kim O’Hara grows up unsupervised in British India and is recruited into the secret service. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): John Lockwood Kipling

The Brown Fairy Book (1904)

Stories from many different cultures. Read online at archive.org.

The Arabian Nights Their Best-Known Tales (1909)

Ten of the most famous tales from the Thousand and One Nights, adapted for younger readers. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): Maxfield Parrish

Den underbare prinsen och andra indiska epos återberättade för ungdom (1916)

A Swedish translation of several Indian epic tales.

Author(s): Erik Jotson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Fil and Filippa: Story of Child Life in the Philippines (1917)

A story about children living in the Philippines for American children. Read online at archive.org.

Det rullende Hus (1923)

The steam house is an iron elephant that runs on steam. Includes The Demon of Cawnpore and Tigers and Traitors. Interior illustrations and possibly cover by Tenggren.... View More

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren
Et al

Kejserens Kurér (1923)

While on his way to Irkutsk to warn the governor of a plot to betray him to the rebel Tatars Michael finds a wife and nearly loses his life more than once. Interior illustrations by Tenggren.... View More

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren
Et al

Philippine Picture Word Book (1923)

An early reader for use in Philippine schools.

Author(s): May H. Prentice
Margaret A. Purcell
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter
F. G. Cooper

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (1923)

Loosely based on his own adventures, Herman Melville here tells the story of two American sailors who jump ship on the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands and spend four months with the natives. While roundly condemned as fictitious at the t... View More

Author(s): Herman Melville
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, a Sequel to Typee (1924)

In this sequel to Typee, the narrator is taken off the island by a whaleman, but soon discovers the captain and mate are incompetent. Along with most of the crew he jumps ship in Tahiti and is briefly jailed as a mutineer. On his release he bums abou... View More

Author(s): Herman Melville
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

The Philippine National Literature: Book Two (1925)

An English language elementary school reader for students int eh Philippines under American rule.

Author(s): Harriott Ely Fansler
Isidoro Panlasigui
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

Bemol and Kusum: Children of Bengal (1926)

A story of children’s life in India’s Bengal state.

Author(s): Herbert E. Wyman
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Michael Strogoff A Courier of the Czar (1927)

Unusual for Verne, this is a straight adventure story. Michael is sent by the Czar to warn the governor of Irkutsk of the presence of a traitor on his staff. On the Trans-Siberian railway Michael finds a wife. Unfortunately, at least in this translat... View More

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Prince Bantam (1929)

Based on the Japanese folktale of Yoshitsune the brave and his faithful henchman Benei of the Western Pagoda.

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Wisdom of the East, The Cloud-Men of Yamato (1929)

An outline of mysticism in Japanese literature.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): E. V. Gatenby
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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