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This non-fiction book was first written in 1940, but could not be
published in wartime conditions because paper was scarce, and minds
were not on leisure pursuits. It was revised in the early 1950s.
The author's love of the sport of fishing and of his adopted
country Chile shines through the book, along with his gentle
humour. It was his hope and intention to introduce the wonderful
fly fishing in Chile to an English-reading audience. Now at last
this fine book is published. The editor has added a brief biography
of the author, footnotes and a preface, but otherwise the
manuscript is as it was in 1952.
This volume consists mainly of letters exchanged between Sir Ernest
Satow (1843-1929) and his former subordinate John Harington Gubbins
(1852-1929) in their retirement, from 1906 to 1927. There are also
some letters from Satow to the Japanese art collector and
businessman the Hon. Henry Marsham (1845-1908) in the period
1894-1907. An expert foreword by Dr. J.E. Hoare, formerly of HM
Diplomatic Service and a teaching fellow at SOAS, is included.
Volume I consists of Satow's correspondence with William George
Aston and Frederick Victor Dickins, and is mainly on Japanology.
Volume III consists of Satow's correspondence with Lord Reay, on
international law and the social, political and economic situation
in Europe and the UK before, during and after World War One.
This is the third volume in a series of private letters written by
Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) to his close friends. Volume One
comprises his letters to Japanologists William George Aston and
Frederick Victor Dickins. Volume Two consists mainly of letters to
and from John Harington Gubbins who had worked under Satow in
Japan. In this third volume Satow mainly discusses international
law (law of the sea in wartime, Versailles peace treaty etc.) and
the current political situation in the UK and Europe, a far cry
from his East Asian focus on Japan which monopolised Volume One,
and was still evident in Volume Two. (Lord Reay had no experience
of Japan in his distinguished career.) The expert foreword is by
Dr. J.E. Hoare, formerly of H.M. Diplomatic Service and a Teaching
Fellow at S.O.A.S.
The diaries begin with Satow's journey home from his last
diplomatic post in China. He travels via Japan, Hawaii, mainland
United States and the Atlantic to Liverpool. In 1907 he attends the
Second Hague Peace Conference as Britain's second delegate. He
settles with some ease into rural life in Devon, keeping busy with
local commitments as a magistrate, supporter of missionaries etc.
and launching a major new career as a scholar of international law.
The Foreword is by Professor Ian Nish of the LSE.
The distinguished diplomat Sir Ernest Satow's retirement began in
1906 and continued until his death in August 1929. From 1907 he
settled in the small town of Ottery St. Mary in rural East Devon,
England. He was very active, serving as a British delegate at the
Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907 and on various committees
related to church, missionary and other more local affairs: he was
a magistrate and chairman of the Urban District Council. He had a
very wide social circle of family, friends and former colleagues,
with frequent distinguished visitors. He produced two seminal
books: A Guide to Diplomatic Practice (1917, now in its seventh
revised edition and referred to as 'Satow') and A Diplomat in Japan
(1921). The latter is highly evaluated as a rare foreigner's view
of the years leading to the Meiji Restoration of 1868. This book in
two volumes is the last in a series of Satow's diaries edited by
Ian Ruxton. This is the first-ever publication.
The distinguished diplomat Sir Ernest Satow's retirement began in
1906 and continued until his death in August 1929. From 1907 he
settled in the small town of Ottery St. Mary in rural East Devon,
England. He was very active, serving as a British delegate at the
Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907 and on various committees
related to church, missionary and other more local affairs: he was
a magistrate and chairman of the Urban District Council. He had a
very wide social circle of family, friends and former colleagues,
with frequent distinguished visitors. He produced two seminal
books: A Guide to Diplomatic Practice (1917, now in its seventh
revised edition and referred to as 'Satow') and A Diplomat in Japan
(1921). The latter is highly evaluated as a rare foreigner's view
of the years leading to the Meiji Restoration of 1868. This book in
two volumes is the last in a series of Satow's diaries edited by
Ian Ruxton. This is the first-ever publication.
The distinguished scholar-diplomat Sir Ernest Satow's retirement
began in 1906 and continued until his death in 1929. From 1907 he
settled in the small town of Ottery St. Mary in Devon. He was very
active, serving as a British delegate at the Second Hague Peace
Conference in 1907 and on various committees related to church,
missionary and other more local affairs: he was a magistrate and
chairman of the Urban District Council. He had a very wide social
circle of family, friends and former colleagues, with frequent
distinguished visitors. He produced two seminal books: A Guide to
Diplomatic Practice (1917, now in its seventh revised edition and
referred to as 'Satow') and A Diplomat in Japan (1921). The latter
is highly evaluated as a unique foreigner's view of the years
leading to the Meiji Restoration of 1868. These two volumes are
part of a series of Satow's diaries and letters edited by Ian
Ruxton. Maps and photographs are in both volumes. The index is in
Volume Two. This is the first-ever publication.
The second volume of Sir Ernest Satow's diaries, 1912-1920 sees the
publication of his seminal 'Guide to Diplomatic Practice' in 1917,
and preparations for the publication of 'A Diplomat in Japan' in
1921, while he continues to lead a very full and active life in
Ottery St. Mary, Devon. This volume includes the index to both
volumes, maps and photographs of the town. The foreword by T.G.
Otte, bibliography and Satow family tree are in Volume One. This is
a world first publication.
These are the edited (i.e. transcribed, annotated and indexed)
diaries of Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) for the six years from the
time when he left Japan early in 1883, through his time as Agent
and Consul-General and subsequent promotion to Minister Resident at
Bangkok, until his return to London and his request in December
1887 for another posting on health grounds. The period includes his
visits to Japan (officially for rest and recuperation) in 1884 and
1886, and to Paris, Rome and Lisbon for research into the Jesuits
in Japan conducted early in 1888, and the confirmation of his
appointment to Montevideo in October of that year. Throughout the
period his ultimate goal was promotion to Minister in Japan, which
he achieved in 1895. The original diaries are in the National
Archives (UK). Published for the first time on lulu.com.
LARGE PAPERBACK. This book contains part of the voluminous
work-related private correspondence sent to Sir Ernest Satow while
he was Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary in Japan (1895-1900) from the Satow Papers held at
The National Archives, Kew, London, transcribed and published in
full from mostly handwritten originals with annotations added by
the editor for scholars and researchers. This is Volume Three, and
it includes letters from British diplomatic representatives
elsewhere, colonial and India authorities, Royal Navy officers,
Japanese government officials, foreign representatives in Tokyo and
miscellaneous letters. (Both previous volumes are available on
lulu.com.)
LARGE PAPERBACK. This book contains part of the voluminous
work-related private correspondence sent to Sir Ernest Satow while
he was Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary in Japan (1895-1900) from the Satow Papers held at
The National Archives, Kew, London, transcribed and published in
full from mostly handwritten originals with annotations added by
the editor for scholars and researchers. This is the fourth and
final volume, and it contains letters from Formosa where the
British Japan Consular Service took over staffing duties from the
China Service after the island was ceded to Japan by the Treaty of
Shimonoseki which concluded the Sino-Japanese War in 1895.
LARGE PAPERBACK. The diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister
in Tokyo 1895-1900, transcribed, annotated and indexed by Ian
Ruxton with an introduction by Dr. Nigel Brailey. At the time there
was no Ambassador and Satow was the chief British representative in
Japan, overseeing the Tokyo legation with consulates at Yokohama,
Nagasaki, Kobe and Hakodate. His work in easing the ending of
extraterritoriality and facilitating the transfer of jurisdiction
in the foreign settlements (treaty ports) to Japan in July 1899 was
an essential precondition for the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902.
(First published as a hardcover in 2003 by Edition Synapse of
Tokyo.)
PAPERBACK The diplomat Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) left many
important papers (diaries and letters) in the Public Record Office
(now the UK National Archives). This book is a complete and
unabridged collection of his semi-official ('demi-official' in the
contemporary jargon) private letters as Her Britannic Majesty's
envoy to Japan (1895-1900) and China (1900-1906), with an
introduction by noted Foreign Office historian and East Asia expert
J.E. Hoare and annotations by Ian Ruxton. These handwritten copies
of letters carefully recorded in the author's Letter Books have
been transcribed into book form for the first time ever by
permission of the National Archives. The aim is to make these
valuable documents more easily accessible to scholars and students
worldwide. Also available on the amazon websites.
The Peking (Beijing) diaries (1900-06) of the great
Victorian-Edwardian diplomat Sir Ernest Satow, published for the
first time ever on lulu.com as a PAPERBACK and DOWNLOAD, by
permission of the National Archives (UK) on behalf of the
Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, with an introduction
by China expert J.E. Hoare. Satow was Britain's top diplomat in
China when he wrote this journal, as he called it. He replaced Sir
Claude MacDonald after the Siege of the Peking Legations which
occurred during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, and he observed the
Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) from Peking. Volume One of two volumes
(total 812 pages). 420 pages in this volume with many footnotes,
and a 73-page index of names in Volume Two.
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