China and the Chinese. Life, Morals, Customs

Ernest Gesse-Warteg — traveler, diplomat, author of the most popular books in the second half of the 19th century, which influenced the famous Karl May and Mark Twain; a fantasist and adventurer with a mysterious biography...

His books are interesting and educational to this day. 

In them, we can see, for example, China as it once was, but very familiar to us from numerous popular films. 

Discover China during the Qing dynasty — a country on the verge of radical changes, one of the oldest civilizations of our planet, look at it through the eyes of a European traveler, and you will certainly not be disappointed.