Claudius Bombarnac was sent by the Twentieth Century, a French newspaper, on a journey to the Celestial Empire, with directions to repair to Uzun Ada, a port on the east coast of the Caspian and there, take the train by the direct Grand Transasiatic between the European frontier and Pekin, and to transmit his impressions in the way of news, interviewing remarkable people on the road, and reporting the most trivial incidents. This he does, producing a volume of most remarkable adventures
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