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New Series, Volume 1 July 1876 - December 1876 
The journals are printed on high quality medium thickness paper. The text is in double column format printed front and back. The albumen photographs are tipped to plate on one side only and the plate contains a frame line or decorative border and descriptive title. Each photograph is accompanied by a text explanation of the significance of the image. In the earlier first series (1870-1875) smaller photographs are sometimes found tipped onto the text pages. You do not see this in this volume. All photographs are tipped to separate pages. The table of contents of the book is presented below. However, the published contents listing is far from comprehensive. A sample illustrated article titled Samuel Wells Williams in the December, 1876 issue is posted here. During the years from 1870-1875, The Far East was published in Japan. Primarily because of Japanese censorship laws, Black relocated to Shanghai. This volume (New Series, Volume 1) contains the first issue of the periodical printed outside of Japan. While printed in Shanghai, it purports to be "Published Simultaneously in Tokio, Japan; Shanghai, China; and Hongkong." The first series dealt primarily with Japan. Regarding the New Series, Black states in the introduction:
In the future it will deal fully as much with Chinese as with Japanese subjects. The present number, he has brought out with photographs of Chinese subjects only; for he has not had time to get any from Japan; being anxious to have no delay in commencing the year punctually. (Introduction, page ii) The first issue in the volume contains no photographs relating to Japan. Subsequent issues generally contain one or more Japan related pictures. The focus of all 6 issues in this volume is China. However, there is a serial article "A Legend of the House of Sendai (from Japanese Records)" which is each of the 6 issues. In addition, each volume contains a final section called "The Period - Jottings of the Month from Local Papers" and here Black relates current events from Japan as well as from throughout the Far East. General Contents of Volume 1:
Title Page. Table of Contents (Click Here to See Pic).
Introduction, page i.
CONTENTS OF VOL. -- NEW SERIES.
JULY TO DECEMBER, 1876.
Page
INTRODUCTION.
CHINA AND JAPAN AS FIELDS FOR LITERARY RESEARCH............. 1
SHANGHAI CITY. ............................................. 8
A LEGEND OF THE HOUSE OP SENDAI (from Japanese Records) .... 17,41,69,86,
112,145
THE PERIOD: --
Jottings of the Month, from the Local Papers ............ 23,49
THE STORY OP TIT CHEONG YOK (from the Chinese).............. 29
SIR THOMAS F. WADE, K.C.B. ................................ 37
CHINESE MOSQUITOES, AND HOW TO REPEL THEM................... 44
THE STORY OF MOW YING (from the Chinese) ................. 53,81
THE YELLOW STORK TOWER (a Drama) ......................... 57
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS IN THE FAR EAST: --
No. 1. Marriage Ceremonies of the Chinese at Macao ...... 67
No. 2. Ceremonies observed on the occasion of Deaths
and Funerals...................................... 77
No. 3. Various Superstitions............................. 103
No. 4. Processions ...................................... 105
No. 5. Feasts and Festivals ........................... 129
CHINESE THEATRICALS ........................................ 90
JAPANESE LEGENDS AND TALES: --
No. 1. The Kagiya ....................................... 97
MR. ROBERT HART, Inspector-General of Customs, China........ 98
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE ON LI HUNG-CHANG......................... 99
A PERSONAL NARRATIVE ....................................... 107
THE STORY OF PUK YOE-SHONG (from the Chinese) ............ 116,132
HIS EXCELLENCY JUJOI MOBI ARINOBI, Japanese Minister to China. 119
SAMUEL WELLS "WILLIAMS, L.L.D. ........................... 140
LYDIA MARY FAY ...................................... 142
POETRY:
Dame Kuo's Visit to Hsi-ting Fair........................ 15
Don't marry a Widow ..................................... 34
Inverted Facts (from the Chinese) ....................... 123
Garden near the Ch'en Hwang Temple (after page 9)
The Chinese Wheelbarrow (after page 12)
A Shanghai Merchant's Wife (after page 16)
Itinerant Cobbler (after page 20)
Wicker Work and Matting Shop (after page 24)
The River Front, Shanghai (after page 34)
Chinese Military Officer (after page 38)
Yu-lu, Lieut.-Governor of Nankin (after page 42)
Woodcut text illustration on page 45
Coolies waiting for Employment (after page 46)
Chinese Shops (after page 50)
His Excellency Sir Thomas F. Wade, K.C.B. (after page 30)
The Oriental Bank and Central Hotel, on the Bund,
Shanghai (after page 54)
Group of Chinese Actors (after page 58)
The Garden of the Old American Legation, Yedo (after page 62) [See Old Japan, Catalogue 30, (Nov 2002) item 95,
A Chinese Bride and Bridegroom (after page 66)
The Japanese Kago (Cango) (after page 70)
His Excellency Li Hung-chang (after page 74)
Group of Figures at the Annual Celebration of the
Group of Figures at the Annual Celebration of the
Altar at the Ceremonial of the Worship of the Dead
The Mikado and Empress of Japan (after page 90)
Stage of the Peking Theatre, Canton Road (after page 94)
Mr. Robert Hart, Inspector-General of Customs, China
The large Idol of Daibutsz (after page 104)
The Mound, Soochow Creek (after page 108)
Up the Northern River (after page 112)
The Cangue (after page 116)
His Excellency Jujoi Mori Arinori, Japanese
Female Labourers in the Field (after page 124)
The Landing Place at Hu Chu, Pagoda Hill;
Two Views in the Grounds of O Hama Go Ten,
Samuel Wells Williams, L.L.D. (after page 138)
Miss Lydia Mary Fay (after page 142)
Sho-ro-do, or Drum Tower (after page 146) [See Old Japan, Catalogue 30, (Nov 2002) item 95,
The Crew and Deck of H, M, S, "Newcastle," at Woosung
Summary of Plates/Photographs
China Related Albumen Photographs (tipped in)
29 photographs on 29 plates
23 plates with large size (ca 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 in) photographs
6 plates with medium size (ca 3 1/2 x 3 3/4 in) photographs
Japan Related Albumen Photographs (tipped in)
13 photographs on 7 plates
6 plates w/ 2 small photographs each (ca 3 x 3 1/2 in)
1 plate with 1 small (ca 3 x 4 in) photograph
42 albumen photographs tipped onto 35 plates.
Images of the Meiji Emperor and Empress in the plate after page 90.
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