Personal Reminiscences: Rambling Recollections Connected with China

"Forbes was in China at the outbreak of the English opium war ... the style of these 'Reminiscences' bears evidence that Mr. Forbes's achievements have been those of the man of action." - The Nation, 1878

In 1841 Forbes witnessed the Battle of Kowloon between the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire from aboard his rowboat.

Robert Bennet Forbes (1804 –1889), was a sea captain, China merchant, ship owner, and author, who in 1878 published "Personal Reminiscences: Rambling Recollections Connecte...