Among the notable travelers of our time, probably none has more thoroughly covered many countries than Harry A. Franck, the author of this book. His travels have not been mere sight -seeing tours. He has gone into the out of the way places and lived in the homes of the common people, to study their habits and manner of living.He has visited their temples and schools. He has learned something of their language and talked with them on all manner of subjects so as to become familiar with their views of life.