Excerpt from Around the World to Persia: Letters Written While on the Journey as a Member of the American-Persian Relief Commission in 1918I thought it best not to begin a letter to you on land as there were so many interruptions. We landed on the 21st at Yoko hama in the most terrific downpour, and as they said it was the rainy season, I feared we should never see the sun. The next day, however, was beautiful. Yokohama is essentially a port, so we went to Tokyo to stay. Electric trams run every few minutes between the two cities, taking about fifty minutes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.