"....highly readable history dates from the late nineteenth century, starting with the earliest known legends of China as the "Middle Kingdom," and ranging forward to an intriguing series of portraits of the author's Chinese contemporaries. Subjects include functions and powers of government; prisons and forms of punishment; religion, gods, and Confucian philosophy; marriage and divorce; servants and slaves; festivals, amusements, and sports; funerals; and benevolent institutions. Commercial activities--agricultural techniques, tea and silk production, and maritime pursuits--also receive detailed and informative treatments. The text is complemented by 140 evocative illustrations of scenes from daily life. Unabridged republication of the classic 1878 edition."--Publ. note.

Keywords: Canton, Cantonese shops, commerce, temples, mosques, churches, monasteries, silk, sericulture, markets, traders.
Includes text and translation of the tombstone of Joseph Provana, S.J. (p. 632-638).

Local access dig.pdf. [Gray-Walks in Canton (1875).pdf]
Available on Internet Archive.