Excerpt from Strange Peoples and CustomsThis little book was written with two American boys, Robert and Irwin, in mind, to whom it is dedicated. But beyond these boys, the author saw other Roberts and Irwins of other names, and Ruths and Dorothys and Marys, boys and girls by ones and twos and threes and larger groups, scattered throughout the civilized lands of the world, girls and boys growing up into splendid womanhood and manhood, who, it is hoped, will be missionaries for God in the homeland, and per haps in the regions beyond the sea.The larger field of the book lies among strange peo ples with strange habits and ways and dress, among the boys and girls with strange studies and work and oftentimes strange plays. From the time Mrs. Evans leaves the sunny shores of California till she bids us farewell, She is in lands strange to American people, and we are sure our boys and girls will go with her in her interesting trips through the wonderful Hawaiian Islands, the Sunrise Empire, the Land of the White Elephant, where the railway trains rest at night, to the great city of Singapore, the Tiger Town, into the ancient and now distressed Land Of the Morning Calm, among the Philippine Islands, and to far-away, little known Beautiful Borneo.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.