Two vertical strips of paper, each approx. 21 x 5” (53 x 12.5cms.), printed to one side only, folded, minor spotting, MS insertions at head “North China Daily News” and signed at the foot “Alicia Little”. Shanghai, North China Daily News, n.d. [but ca, 1890.
Alicia Little (1845-1926) married Archibald John Little in 1887, and travelled with him during his attempts to open the Upper Yangtze to steamship navigation. In 1889 the Littles steamed up the river to Ychang, and were delayed there waiting for government officials to decide whether they could continue their journey without presenting a hazard to other shipping. It seems likely that Alicia Little wrote her article - the proof of which is offered here - at this point. She describes an excursion made with her husband to “the Dragon King’s Cavern, and the Dome”.
