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Content warning: The papers of Arthur Moore Bennett (1877-1950) contain his personal views and opinions, with explicit language and terminology which today are deemed unacceptable and offensive and may cause upset.

Typescript volume covers the period 1924-1926, and was written in 1927, together with section entitled 'Sport 1898-1926', which is bound at the end of the volume (pp.1410-60). Covers Moore Bennett's views on British trade in China. Describes in detail life in Peking. His views on the Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital. Details trip to Mongolia in 1924, shooting and surveying archaeological remains at Changtu and Dolonor. Comments on threats of war and financial crash in 1924. Moore Bennett's views on the welfare system in England. Details of the conflict between Chang So Lin [Zhang Zuolin] and Wu Peifu. Comments on changes to Society in Peking during 1914 to 1924, including 'the moral laxity of women'. Apprehension about the growth of Russian power, and the civil war, and the political situation in China. Describes looting of the Forbidden City, and refers to famine and floods as well as war in various states. Impact of the rising cost of coal. Train trip to Nankou, and walking trip to Fu Yea Pass with Dolly. Reports of rioting in Shanghai. Having to sell investments to cover overdraft. Detailed descriptions of friends and acquaintances, including comments on their character, behaviour, and looks. Refers to a history of Mongolia he is writing. Further fall in price of stocks and investments due to political situation and having to cut living expenses. Describes disorder around Peking including rape and theft by soldiers. Comments on the Russians and the Japanese. His feelings for Dorothy Fox. Additional pages describing Moore Bennett's views on hunting 'with Rifle and Camera'. Signed and dated Aug 1926.

The volume is divided into sections entitled 'Russian Designs. Peking Music. Impey. Li Fung. Donaldson returns. Archie Rose. Bissell. Thompson. Perrira. Italian Opera. St Clair Smallwood. Trop to Mongolia. Preparations. Nankou Pass History of'; 'D'Olesso Departs. PUMC Antics. Vivisectionists. Italian Arms deals. Tyau's House. The Mongolian Trip. I Ex Co. The Vesties. Rain. Devil Dancing. Rustad. Kalgan. Ferguson. Airdales. Return to Peking.'; 'Books. To Pei Tai Ho. Life and Designs. Atmosphere Mental. The Missionary. J.E. Baker & Impey. Hong Kong snobbishness. Longs. Gor Sings. English Government. Riva his churlishness. Feidler. Keyte Pastor U Church. Holcombes. Thornhill & Findlayson. Corbelly. Smallwood.'; 'Mrs Ward. Gillard, Chou & Co. Stimpson. Linda Heymanns. Princess Poulter. Other Princesses? Kolessoff. Ssu Lama. Staal Von Holstein. Werner. Wu Pei Fu. Building Operations. Peking Traffic. Life. Russian Women. Chinese Decadence.'; 'Mrs Aikin. Marriage Law. Watson. Peter. Elsie becomes a Mother. Universal Surprise. Trip to Kalgan. Jock Strachan. Schwartzenburg. Butler. Return to Peking. Feng Rebels. Coup d'état. Rasmussen. Li-Ba. Chinese offer military position. Looting the Palaces. Tientsin Looted. Conservative Victory in UK. Martels. Robbery. Grace Moore. Elsie. Bridge.'; 'Hussey's Methods. Sun Yat Sen. Carpentering. Bridge's Finances. Kalgan Looted. Messiah. Dingle. Mackay. Dolly'; 'English Conditions. Joy's Family. Russian Policies in Mongolia. Chinese Civil War. Mongol History. Sun Yat Sen. His Illness. His death. Dogs. Mrs A and her Amours. Emperor mistreated. Lung Shih Fang's death. His Funeral. Coal. Music. Peter's accident'; 'Jimmy Jones. Chen. Panshen Lama. Tibetan affairs. Sun's End. Mrs A. The Cottage and Lung Men Ssu. Return to Peking. Lin & Li Political visitors. British Legation. Visit to the Loop'; 'Trip described. Peking to Nankou. The Pass and its relics. Locomotives & trains. The Great 6 character Arch. The Toba Wall. The Country of the Loop. Kwangchun. The Temple. The Plain. People. Archaeological remains. American Tourists. Franconians'; 'End of Lung Shih Kwan. American Women's Clothes. Panchen Lamas Reception. Motor Cars. Chinese Drivers. Possessive Joys. Rasmussen. Kolleskoff. Ssu Lama. Dr Wilder. Women's Ideas of Work. I.R.C. Bridge'; 'Trip to Top Temple above Fu Yea Pass. The Bridge. Degrasion. The Pagoda. The Defile. Cataracts. The Temple. Marriage Troubles. The Row. Panthers. Pheasants. Flowers. Hunters. The Lower Fu Yea Temple. Monks Cave. A Trying Climb. Return'; 'Spring in Peking. Sand Flies. Death of Haggard. Finances. Bob Swallow. Non Commissioned Officers. Illness of Jones. St Dunstans Festival. DF [Dorothy Fox]. Peking Manners. Feng's agreement with Russia. Henningsen's Accident. Shanghai Riots. The Legation falls into a Trap. Lunch with DF. Fitzhugh. Russian Methods. Foxs to Lunch'; 'Mrs Fox's MSS. Bank fails me. Great Kindness. Margaret Dies. Fiedler & Sister. Gor Sing Menage. Morrison's House destroyed. The Pei Tai Ho. Nordstron. Peking Syndicate Troubles. Vaes. Pettus. Bridge Menage. The Ogdens. Bacon's Son in Law. Kipling, Mortons Girl. Floodes in Peking. Chinese Roofs. Eric Liddell. Strike in Legation Staff. NW. French Loan & War. Rutherford-Chandlin. Kall of Gotenburg. Conference & Sutton. Wildfowl. Bridge's case against China Association'; 'Return to Peking. Mary Kuhn. DF. East Wall. May Ogden's Stay. Opening after Looting of the Palaces. Central Park. Militarism in China. Trip to Ta Chueh Ssu. Description of same of Temples Tombs etc. Birdcatchers. Return'; 'War. All in flames. Strawn & the House. Anderson's Death. Ruminations on marriage. Tariff Conference. Finances. Russ Schemes. Americans true to type. Armistice Day. DF & Pai Hai. Holman. Situation around Peking. PUMC. Appendicitis? Photography. Holyoak. Japanese efforts to break Conference. Indian Temple. Queen Alexander dies. Rape and sorrows[?]'; 'A Dream Minister. Feng. Looting. Watson. Mongolia. A dream of Youth. Sterling. Xmas morning at Chapel. Capture of Tientsin. Blue Cars. Michelet. A difficult evening. Thoughts at the year end. Failing Body. The Death of the English. The Death and Burial of an Epoch'.

'1898-1926. Sport a Quarter Century of Hunting with Rifle and Camera'. 'Muskoka. Deer. Wolves, Masquelong'; 'British Columbia. Cinnamon Bears. Caribou'; 'Vancouver Island. Pheasants. Wildfowl'; 'Oceania. Unknown Monsters. Sword Fish. Sharks. Octopus. Smaller fish.Girls'; 'Shan States. Burma. Tiger. Small bore rifles. Panther. Colon. Flying Fox. Wild Pig. Honey Bears. Butterflies'; 'Salween. Elephant. Ruddy Sheldrake. Tiger'; 'Southern Shan States. Wild Cattle'; 'Mogaung. Giaour'; 'Shan States. Monkeys. Panther Trapping. Rhino. Small Game Fish. A Kingdom for the Taking'; 'Mekong Mountains. Rifles. Guns. Goat'; 'Chifang. Panthers'; 'Civilization's Horrors'; 'Burma. Peacock Hunting in Burma'; 'Man & Woman Hunts'.

Images include: three black and white photographs of Temple of Heaven, Peking; two black and white photographs of street scenes, Chao Yang Men, Peking; two black and white photographs of Gate, Peking; black and white photograph of 'a funeral mute' Peking; black and white photograph of 'The Heymans and Gillard'; black and white photograph of the International Club, Peking; hand drawn coloured map of Peking and environs; sixteen black and white photographs of trip to Mongolia in 1924 including ruins of Changdu City, various animals and birds shot on the Changdu Plain, 'Uigour God' [Uighur] statute, remains of Palace walls, Dolly and Watson, shrines and temples, and the Watson's car ; hand drawn coloured map showing area between Peking and Changdu; two black and white photographs of Frank and Mabel Long; black and white photograph of boat at Canton; three black and white photographs of Hong Kong, including Tai Tum Tak Dam and Victoria Gap Road; two black and white photographs of Mongolian women 'in festive attire'; black and white photograph of the road at the top of the Hannor Pass above Kalgan; coloured drawing of elevation of Billiard Room at 83 Chao Yang Men, Peking, showing oak panelling; two black and white photographs of Mongol horsemen; black and white photograph showing desert encampment in Mongolia, with camels and carts; five black and white photographs showing 'Great Wall (Toba)', 'Village in the Loop', 'Ferry on Hun Ho' 'Great Locomotive Nankou Pass', and 'In the [Nankou] Pass Looking West'; four black and white photographs of the Toba Wall or Great Wall of China; black and white photographs of Moore Bennett and Dolly, 1925-1926; black and white photograph of the Fox House, British Legation Peking, 1925; two black and white photographs of Chao Yang Men Gate and Canal, Peking, 1925; black and white photograph of May Ogden, with black and white photograph of unidentified man 'who wanted to marry her but died'; coloured hand drawn sketch of a Chinese roof; three black and white photographs of the Imperial Canal leading from Hsihchimen to the Summer Palace; black and white photograph of the Altar of Heaven, 1925; two black and white photograph of the Summer Palace, showing the camel back bridge pre-1926 before 'the soldiers cut the trees down' and the back or canal entrance; four black and white photographs of Mei Fang Shan showing summit, temple, and views; black and white photograph of Eagle's Nest Temple; black and white photograph of a threshing floor, Mei Fang Range, and photograph of hills above the threshing floor, with pagodas; hand drawn pen and ink plan of a tomb; two black and white photographs of Dorothy Fox [?]; black and white photograph of Moore Bennett, Pai Hai, Oct 1925; three black and white photographs of the grounds at Pai Hai, 1925; two black and white photographs of Indian Temple [Zhenjue Temple] Peking; black and white photographs of Dorothy Fox [?] and Moore Bennett; five black and white photographs showing Kwangchang Temple, River of the Loop Bridge, works within the Loop North of the Wall, and Chao Dao City.