G.E. Morrison, the resident correspondent to Beijing of The Times, travelled in Kansu, Sinkiang and other provinces of Northwest China for half a year (from Jan. to July) in 1910. He took more than one thousand photographs that showed the places, people and the progress of the Reform Movement of Qing Court during his journey. He then sorted and completed several albums totally in 658 photographs with brief captions. This book was published just on the basis of his albums. The book reflected the true features of West China. The readers will understand the situation of geography and climate of Northwest China, the existence of different kinds of minority nationalities, achievement of the Reform Movement, e.g. the Provincial Assemblies, New Army and schools in western style, etc. and the life of the missionaries in the localities. The book shows the vital and rich image materials for understanding and studying the modern history and the social development of China. 1910年1~7月，英國《泰晤士報》駐北京記者莫理循對甘肅、新疆等中國西北地區進行了為期半年的旅行考察。期間，他拍攝了上千幅反映當地風情民俗和清末 新政" 改革成就的照片。旅行結束後，他又從中選取658幅整理成冊，每張照片下均寫有簡潔的說明。本圖集就是在此基礎上編譯而成的。圖集反映了西部當時寫實的面貌，讀者可從中認識和感受20世紀初西部中國的地理、氣候狀況，少數民族生存狀態，清末 "新政" 的成果，如省咨議局、新軍和西式學堂等，以及傳教士在西部的生活，等等。本圖集是理解和研究近代中國歷史和社會狀況的生動而豐富的圖像資料。 "
Author: George Ernest Morrison (1862–1920), a native of Australia, Doctor of Medicine of Edinburgh University of the United Kingdom. He was the chief correspondent of The Times in 1897. He resigned from his post in 1912 and became the President Advisor to the Republican government till 1920. He published his journal An Australian in China and collected a great amount of historical materials of documents, diaries, correspondences and photographs, etc. during his stay in China for more than twenty years. These materials are kept at the Mitchell Library, Sydney. 喬治‧厄內斯特‧莫理循 (1862~1920)，澳大利亞人，英國愛丁堡大學醫學博士。1897年受聘英國《泰晤士報》駐華首席記者。1912年辭去記者職務，受聘中華民國政府總統顧問至1920年去世。莫理循在華二十餘年，身後留有大量與中國相關的文件、日記、書信和圖片等歷史資料，現收藏於澳大利亞悉尼米歇爾圖書館。
