Twentieth Century Impressions

Twentieth Century Impressions was a series of travel, political and social reference books published by Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Company in London between 1901 and 1914. The full titles were typically styled as Twentieth Century Impressions of [country name] : Its history, people, commerce, industries and resources.

Arnold Wright (1858–1941) was editor in chief or author of most of the range of titles. In most cases the books were over 600 pages in length (some over 800). Wright was an enthusiast for colonialism,[1] in the decade before the First World War. In most of the earlier volumes, H. A. Cartwright and O. Breakspear were assistants. In the volumes closer to 1914, Wright was designated as the Historian for a volume. Reginald Lloyd was also designated as Director in Chief of the later publications.

Argentina

The Argentina title was published in 1911 - Twentieth Century Impressions of Argentina. Its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. Director-in-Chief: Reginald Lloyd ... Editors: W. Feldwick ... Oliver T. Breakspear, L. T. Delaney ... Historian: Arnold Wright. [With illustrations.] London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co.[2]

Brazil

The Brazil title was published in 1913 Twentieth century impressions of Brazil : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. Director-in-Chief: Reginald Lloyd ... Editors: W. Feldwick ... L. T. Delaney ... Historian: Arnold Wright. [With illustrations.] London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co.[3]

Burma

The Burma title was first published in 1910, and reprinted by White Lotus Press in Thailand.[4]

Canada

Twentieth century impressions of Canada; its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources by Henry J. Boam was published in 1914.[5]

Ceylon

The Ceylon (Sri Lanka) title was first published in 1907.[6]

Egypt

The title about Egypt is dated 1901 - Twentieth Century Impressions of Egypt. Its history, people, commerce, industries and resources. Editor in chief: A. Wright ... Assistant editor: H. A. Cartwright. [With illustrations.] London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co.[7]

Hong Kong, Shanghai and Treaty Ports

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The spread of the 1908 title was beyond Hong Kong and included Shanghai and other treaty ports such as Japan, Taiwan, and Korea.[8] A manuscript copy of this book is held at the National Library of Australia.[9]

Netherlands East Indies

In 1909, the volume about the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) was published.[10]

British Malaya

The British Malaya (Malaysia) title was published in 1908.[11] It has been reprinted in an abridged facsimile form by Brash [12][13]

Siam

The Siam (Thailand) book was originally published in London in 1903, with a reprint in 1908.[14]

Uruguay

The Uruguay Book was published in 1912 - Twentieth Century Impressions of Uruguay. Its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. Director-in-Chief: Reginald Lloyd ... Editors: W. Feldwick ... L. T. Delaney ... Historian: Arnold Wright. London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co., 1912.[15]

Western Australia

In Western Australia, the publisher was also the author - P.W.H Thiel.[16]

It was extensively reviewed.[17][18][19][20][21]

A digitised version is available from the NLA.[22] It was also reprinted by Hesperian Press in 2000.[23]

West Indies

The last in the series appears to be the West Indies title - Twentieth Century Impressions of the West Indies. Their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. Director-in-chief: Reginald Lloyd ... Editors: W. Feldwick ... L. T. Delaney ... Historian: José Plá Cárceles.London : Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Co., 1914.[24]

Dropping of Twentieth Century..

In 1914, there is record of Wright being involved in the publishing of a book with only the second part of the title of earlier series; - Southern India: its history, people, commerce, and industrial resources compiled by Somerset Playne, assisted by J.W. Bond. Edited by Arnold Wright:London, 1914-1915.[25][26]

References

  1. ^ Wright, Arnold (1923), The romance of colonisation : being the story of the economic development of the British Empire, Melrose, retrieved 12 May 2016
  2. ^ Lloyd, Reginald (1911), Twentieth century impressions of Argentina : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources, Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub. Co, retrieved 12 May 2016
  3. ^ Twentieth century impressions of Brazil : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources | WorldCat.org. OCLC 2788572.
  4. ^ Wright, Arnold, 1858-1941, (editor.) (1910), Twentieth century impressions of Burma : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources, Bangkok, Thailand White Lotus Press, retrieved 12 May 2016 {{citation}}: |author1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Henry J. Boam (1914). Twentieth century impressions of Canada.
  6. ^ Wright, Arnold (1907), Twentieth century impressions of Ceylon : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources, Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub. Co, retrieved 12 May 2016
  7. ^ An operational unification of finite difference methods for the numerical integration of ordinary differential equations | WorldCat.org. OCLC 391.
  8. ^ Wright, Arnold; Robarts - University of Toronto (1908), Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China. Their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources; editor in chief: Arnold Wright, assistant editor: H.A. Cartwright, London Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub. Co, retrieved 12 May 2016
  9. ^ Wright, Arnold (1928), Twentieth century impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and other treaty ports : their early history and development, retrieved 12 May 2016
  10. ^ Wright, Arnold; Breakspear, Oliver T (1909), Twentieth century impressions of Netherlands India : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources, Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, Ltd, retrieved 12 May 2016
  11. ^ Wright, Arnold; Cartwright, H. A (1908), Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya : its history, people, commerce, industries and resources, Lloyd's Greater Britain publishing company, limited, retrieved 12 May 2016
  12. ^ Wright, Arnold; Cartwright, H. A (1989), Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources (Abridged ed.), G. Brash, ISBN 978-9971-4-9146-8
  13. ^ "Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya", Far Eastern Economic Review, v147 (n9), Review Publishing Company Ltd. (Hong Kong): 39 (1), 1 March 1990, ISSN 0014-7591
  14. ^ Wright, Arnold; Breakspear, Oliver T (1994), Twentieth century impressions of Siam : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources, White Lotus, ISBN 978-1-879155-30-5
  15. ^ This book does not show up in major library collection catalogues and it appears not have been made into facsimile edition - Amazon's comment on its entry is Out of Print and Limited availability.
  16. ^ P.W.H. Thiel & Co. (Perth) (1901), Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia, P.W.H. Thiel & Co, retrieved 12 May 2016
  17. ^ "Review". The Northam Advertiser. Vol. IX, no. 741. Western Australia. 9 April 1902. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  18. ^ "Review". The Northam Advertiser. Vol. IX, no. 743. Western Australia. 19 April 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 14 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ "Review". The Northam Advertiser. Vol. IX, no. 744. Western Australia. 23 April 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "TWENTIETH CENTURY IMPRESSIONS". The West Australian. Vol. 18, no. 5, 028. Western Australia. 19 April 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ^ "TWENTIETH CENTURY IMPRESSIONS". The Daily News. Vol. XX, no. 8, 297. Western Australia. 20 March 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 12 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ "Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia". Trove.
  23. ^ Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia, Hesperian Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-85905-269-6
  24. ^ Twentieth century impressions of the West Indies. Their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources | WorldCat.org. OCLC 1870269.
  25. ^ Playne, Somerset; Bond, J. W; Wright, Arnold (1915), Southern India : its history, people, commerce, and industrial resources, The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co, ISBN 978-1-85177-030-4
  26. ^ National Library of Scotland entry