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WHEN, after returning from the perils and hardships of her adventures in the Bakhtiari country of Persia, Mrs. Bishop announced her intention of making an extensive journey in Eastern Asia, her friends knew that she would not return without having something of interest to tell regarding her travels in little-known regions. Although unfortunately ignorant of the languages of the countries in which she was to travel, and therefore dependent on others to a large extent, Mrs. Bishop had most carefully prepared herself for making all necessary observations and records. She is particularly to be congratulated on her skill as a photographer. The points of view were very carefully chosen, and the exposures accurately calculated, while the practice of developing the plates at the time, allowed duplicates to be taken if the first negative proved defective. The result is one of the best collections of photographs which we have seen as the result of a travelling amateur. We must congratulate the publishers also on the manner of reproduction employed: the more important views are printed as separate plates by the half-tone process, the others are reproduced as line-and-stipple blocks in the text, allowing the book to be printed on unglazed paper, and giving the volumes a lightness which is as desirable as it is rare.
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MILL, H. Mrs. Bishop's Korea1. Nature 57, 512–513 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/057512a0
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