Comments on: Early Western Perceptions of Koreans: Part I – Introduction

By: Get your old books about Korea here at The Marmot’s Hole

Get your old books about Korea here at The Marmot’s Hole — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:06:29 +0000

[...] But they live up to their promise often enough and deliver useful posts list this one about out-of-copyright books on Korea being available online. Some of the titles available include: Korea and Her Neighbors: A Narrative of Travel, with an Account of the Recent Vicissitudes and… By Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird 1905 (quoted frequently in the series of postings here at Frog in a Well starting here) [...]

By: Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog

Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:21:35 +0000

[...] For readers interested in more early Western views of Korea and Koreans in a similar vein to those that Konrad has looked at in his series of posts here, Thomas Duvernay has posted chapters on Korea from John D. Ford’s 1905 travelogue An American Cruiser in the East at his website. (Actually the rest of his site on traditional Korean archery looks interesting too.) Good on him for putting this stuff out there for everyone to access. [...]

By: K. M. Lawson

K. M. Lawson — Wed, 31 May 2006 22:45:31 +0000

Thanks! I omitted several dozen books that I wish I could have included. The choice was pretty arbitrary, grabbing just a half dozen books from a single shelf of old books on Korea in the Harvard-Yenching library. I later found a great 2 volume book on old books about Korea in Western languages and I have been ordering some old copies via used booksellers. I will take a look at the one you recommended! Thanks!

By: John A. Butler

John A. Butler — Mon, 29 May 2006 23:00:12 +0000

You seem to have omitted a rather important book, Frederick Mackenzie’s “Korea’s Struggle for Freedom.” He was a Canadian journalist working for The (London) Times and Yonsei University has republished the book, which is very pro-Korean yet not overtly anti-Japanese. The book is based on his despatches whilst in Korea during the critical time just prior to the Japanese “takeover.”

By: K. M. Lawson

K. M. Lawson — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:15:17 +0000

I didn’t know she travelled so widely! Thanks, I just found many of her other books. Having said that, I know she was involved in missionary activities though but “world traveller” might be better.