Born here:
CANTON, William (1845-1926), 27 October 1845
Slide sets:
Aladdin: or the wonderful lamp (story: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1893)
Aladdin: new series (story: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1893)
Aladdin (story: W. Butcher & Sons, 8 slides, 1905-1908)
Aladdin and the magic lantern: a new version of an old story (story: York & Son, 8 slides, in/before 1889)
Aladdin, or the wonderful lamp (story: manufacturer unknown, 12 slides, in/before 1872)
Celebrated places of the world (lecture: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1903)
Celestials and barbarians (lecture: Watson & Sons, 70 slides, 1894-1910)
[China] (lecture: manufacturer unknown, at least 93 slides, 1902-1910)
[China] (lecture: manufacturer unknown, at least 72 slides, n.d.)
China and the Chinese (lecture: York & Son, 60 slides, in/before 1888)
China and the Chinese (lecture: Wrench & Son, 44 slides, in/before 1873)
China and the Chinese (lecture: Newton & Co., 68-206 slides, in/before 1899)
China and the Chinese (lecture: manufacturer unknown, 12 slides, in/before 1872)
[Chinese slides] (lecture: Harrison & Co., 24 slides, 1900)
From Tientsin to St Petersburgh (lecture: privately made, at least 25 slides, in/before 1889)
General Gordon: his life and work (lecture: York & Son, 24 slides, 1885-1888)
The history of a Co-operative cup of tea (lecture: Co-operative Union Southern Section, 20 slides, in/before 1895)
Hong Kong (lecture: York & Son, 43 slides, 1897)
The land of the pigtail: or Chinese life (lecture: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1893)
[Manchester Geographical Society Collection: China] (miscellaneous: manufacturer unknown, at least 111 slides, n.d.)
[Memories of the Shaksgam] (lecture: manufacturer unknown, at least 19 slides, c.1929)
[Memories of the Shaksgam] (lecture: manufacturer unknown, at least 19 slides, c.1926)
Our tea, and how we get it (lecture: Riley Brothers, 14 slides, 1886-1887)
Pekin, its environs, and Forbidden City (lecture: York & Son, 50 slides, in/before 1902)
Rambles in central China (lecture: manufacturer unknown, 71 slides, 1896)
Die Reise um die Erde: Teil III -- China (lecture: Projektion für Alle, 24 slides, 1918-1928)
The romance of history: or, fact and fiction. A specially written entertainment (lecture: York & Son, 36 slides, in/before 1888)
Scenes in China (lecture: E.G. Wood, 26 slides, in/before 1888)
Southern China and its people (lecture: York & Son, 50 slides, in/before 1909)
A temperance journey round the world (lecture: UK Band of Hope Union, 50 slides, 1892)
A tour in China (lecture: Valentine & Sons, 52 slides, 1894-1900)
A visit to the world's great capitals (lecture: Riley Brothers, 54 slides, in/before 1887)
Texts:
‘Aladdin: new series’ in Readings in prose and verse
‘Aladdin: or the wonderful lamp’ in Readings in prose and verse
‘Aladdin and the magic lantern’ in several compilations
‘Aladdin and the wonderful lamp’ in Lantern lecture readings 7
‘Aladdin, or the wonderful lamp’ in Lectures for the magic lantern [etc.] (1872)
‘Celebrated places of the world’ in Readings in prose and verse
[China] (n.d.)
‘China and the Chinese’ in several compilations
China and the Chinese (London: York & Son, n.d.)
‘China and the Chinese’ in Lectures for the magic lantern [etc.] (1872)
T.C. Hepworth, General Gordon: his life and work (London: York & Son, n.d.)
Glimpses of the celestial empire (Dundee: Valentine & Sons, n.d.)
Frederick Rockell, ‘The history of a Co-operative cup of tea’ in Co-operative lantern lectures (1895)
John Chalmers, Hong Kong (London: York & Son, 1897)
‘The land of the pigtail’ in Readings in prose and verse
F. Taylor, ‘Our tea: and how we get it’ in Our tea [etc.] (c.1891)
The romance of history: or, fact and fiction (London: York & Son, n.d.)
Charles Wakely, A temperance journey round the world (London: UK Band of Hope Union, 1892)
A visit to the world's great capitals (Bradford: Riley Brothers, c.1887)
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 20 February 2011
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