The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano

——— Rennell. (_Encyclop. Brit._ XX. 1886, pp. 398–401.) ——— Rubruquis (_Ibid._ XXI. 1886, pp. 46–47.) 1887 Lieut.-Gen. W. A. Crommelen, C.B., R.E. (_Royal Engineers’ Journal_, 1887.) ——— [Obituary Notice] Col. Sir J. U. Bateman Champain. (_Times_, 2nd Feb. 1887). ——— “Pulping Public Records.” (_Notes and Queries_, 19th March, 1887.) ——— A Filial Remonstrance (Political Verses). Signed M. P. V. (_St. James’ Gazette_, 8th Aug. 1887.) ——— Memoir of Major-Gen. J. T. Boileau, R.E., F.R.S. By C. R. Low, I.N., F.R.G.S. With a Preface by Col. H. Yule, C.B., London, Allen, 1887. ——— The Diary of William Hedges, Esq. (afterwards Sir William Hedges), during his Agency in Bengal; as well as on his voyage out and return overland (1681–1687). Transcribed for the Press, with Introductory Notes, etc., by R. Barlow, Esq., and illustrated by copious extracts from unpublished records, etc., by Col. H. Yule. Pub. for Hakluyt Society. London, 1887–1889, 3 vols. 8vo. 1888 Concerning some little known Travellers in the East. (_Asiatic Quarterly Review_, V. 1888, pp. 312–335.) No. I.—George Strachan. ——— Concerning some little known Travellers in the East. (_Asiatic Quarterly Review_, VI. 1888, pp. 382–398.) No. II.—William, Earl of Denbigh; Sir Henry Skipwith; and others. ——— Notes on the St. James’s of the 6th Jan. [A Budget of Miscellaneous interesting criticism.] (Letter to _St. James’ Gazette_, 9th Jan. 1888.) ——— Deflections of the Nile. (Letter in _The Times_, 15th Oct. 1888.) ——— The History of the Pitt Diamond, being an excerpt from Documentary Contributions to a Biography of Thomas Pitt, prepared for issue [in Hedges’ Diary] by the Hakluyt Society. London, 1888, 8vo. pp. 23. Fifty Copies printed for private circulation. 1889 The Remains of Pagan. By H. Yule. (_Trübner’s Record_, 3rd ser. vol. i. pt. i. 1889, p. 2.) To introduce notes by Dr. E Forchammer. ——— A Coincident Idiom. By H. Yule. (_Trübner’s Record_, 3rd ser. vol. i. pt. iii. pp. 84–85.) ——— The Indian Congress [a Disclaimer]. (Letter to _The Times_, 1st Jan. 1889.) ——— Arrowsmith, the Friend of Thomas Poole. (Letter in _The Academy_, 9th Feb. 1889, p. 96.) BIOGRAPHIES OF SIR HENRY YULE. ——— Colonel Sir Henry Yule, K.C.S.I., C.B., LL.D., R.E. By General Robert Maclagan, R.E. (_Proceed. Roy. Geog. Soc._ XII. 1890, pp. 108–113.) ——— Colonel Sir Henry Yule, K.C.S.I., C.B., LL.D., R.E., etc. (With a Portrait). By E. Delmar Morgan. (_Scottish Geographical Magazine_, VI. 1890, pp. 93–98.) Contains a very good Bibliography. ——— Col. Sir H. Yule, R.E., C.B., K.C.S.I., by Maj.-Gen. T. B. Collinson, R.E., _Royal Engineers’ Journal_, March, 1890. [This is the best of the Notices of Yule which appeared at the time of his death.] ——— Sir Henry Yule, K.C.S.I, C.B., LL.D., R.E., by E. H. Giglioli. Roma, 1890, ppt. 8vo, pp. 8. Estratto dal _Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana_, Marzo, 1890. ——— Sir Henry Yule. By J. S. C[otton]. (_The Academy_, 11th Jan. 1890, No. 923, pp. 26–27.) ——— Sir Henry Yule. (_The Athenæum_, No. 3245, 4th Jan. 1900, p. 17; No. 3246, 11th Jan. p. 53; No. 3247, 18th Jan. p. 88.) ——— _In Memoriam_. Sir Henry Yule. By D. M. (_The Academy_, 29th March, 1890, p. 222.) See end of _Memoir_ in present work. ——— Le Colonel Sir Henry Yule. Par M. Henri Cordier. Extrait du _Journal Asiatique_. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, MDCCCXC, in–8, pp. 26. ——— The same, _Bulletin de la Société de Géographie_. Par M. Henri Cordier. 1890, 8vo, pp. 4. Meeting 17th Jan. 1890. 1889 Baron F. von Richthofen. (_Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin_, xvii. 2.) ——— Colonel Sir Henry Yule, R.E., C.B., K.C.S.I. Memoir by General R. Maclagan, _Journ. R. Asiatic Society_, 1890. ——— Memoir of Colonel Sir Henry Yule, R.E., C.B., K.C.S.I., LL.D., etc. By Coutts Trotter. (_Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh_, 1891. p. xliii. to p. lvi.) 1889 Sir Henry Yule (1820–1889). By Coutts Trotter. (_Dict. of National Biography_, lxiii. pp. 405–407.) 1903 Memoir of Colonel Sir Henry Yule, R.E., C.B., K.C.S.I., Corr. Inst. France, by his daughter, Amy Frances Yule, L.A. Soc. Ant. Scot., etc. Written for third edition of Yule’s Marco Polo. Reprinted for private circulation only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] This list is based on the excellent preliminary List compiled by E. Delmar Morgan, published in the _Scottish Geographical Magazine_, vol. vi., pp. 97–98, but the present compilers have much more than doubled the number of entries. It is, however, known to be still incomplete, and any one able to add to the list, will greatly oblige the compilers by sending additions to the Publisher.—A. F. Y. SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS. MARCO POLO AND HIS BOOK. INTRODUCTORY NOTICES. PAGE I. OBSCURITIES IN THE HISTORY OF HIS LIFE AND BOOK. RAMUSIO’S STATEMENTS _1_ § 1. Obscurities, etc. 2. Ramusio his earliest Biographer; his Account of Polo. 3. He vindicates Polo’s Geography. 4. Compares him with Columbus. 5. Recounts a Tradition of the Traveller’s Return to Venice. 6. Recounts Marco’s Capture by the Genoese. 7. His statements about Marco’s liberation and marriage. 8. His account of the Family Polo and its termination. II. SKETCH OF THE STATE OF THE EAST AT THE TIME OF THE JOURNEYS OF THE POLO FAMILY _8_ § 9. State of the Levant. 10. The various Mongol Sovereignties in Asia and Eastern Europe. 11. China. 12. India and Indo-China. III. THE POLO FAMILY. PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE TRAVELLERS TILL THEIR FINAL RETURN FROM THE EAST _13_ § 13. Alleged origin of the Polos. 14. Claims to Nobility. 15. The Elder Marco Polo. 16. Nicolo and Maffeo Polo commence their Travels. 17. Their intercourse with Kúblái Kaan. 18. Their return home, and Marco’s appearance on the scene. 19. Second Journey of the Polo Brothers, accompanied by Marco. (See App. L. 1.) 20. Marco’s Employment by Kúblái Kaan; and his Journeys. 21. Circumstances of the departure of the Polos from the Kaan’s Court. 22. They pass by Persia to Venice. Their relations there. IV. DIGRESSION CONCERNING THE MANSION OF THE POLO FAMILY AT S. GIOVANNI GRISOSTOMO _26_ § 23. Probable period of their establishment at S. Giovanni Grisostomo. 24. Relics of the Casa Polo in the Corte Sabbionera. 24_a_. Recent corroboration as to traditional site of the Casa Polo. V. DIGRESSION CONCERNING THE WAR-GALLEYS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN STATES IN THE MIDDLE AGES _31_ § 25. Arrangement of the Rowers in Mediæval Galleys; a separate Oar to every Man. 26. Change of System in 16th Century.