Twentieth Century Impressions
Twentieth Century Impressions was a series of travel, political and social reference books published by Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Company in London between 1901 and 1914. The full titles were typically styled as Twentieth Century Impressions of : Its history, people, commerce, industries and resources.
Arnold Wright was editor in chief or author of most of the range of titles. In most cases the books were over 600 pages in length. Wright was an enthusiast for colonialism, in the decade before the First World War. In most of the earlier volumes, H. A. Cartwright and O. Breakspear were assistants. In the volumes closer to 1914, Wright was designated as the Historian for a volume. Reginald Lloyd was also designated as Director in Chief of the later publications.
Argentina
The Argentina title was published in 1911 - Twentieth Century Impressions of Argentina. Its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. Director-in-Chief: Reginald Lloyd... Editors: W. Feldwick... Oliver T. Breakspear, L. T. Delaney... Historian: Arnold Wright. London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co.Brazil
The Brazil title was published in 1913 Twentieth century impressions of Brazil : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. Director-in-Chief: Reginald Lloyd... Editors: W. Feldwick... L. T. Delaney... Historian: Arnold Wright. London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co.Burma
The Burma title was first published in 1910, and reprinted in 2015 by White Lotus Press in Thailand.Canada
Twentieth century impressions of Canada; its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources by Henry J. Boam was published in 1914.Ceylon
The Ceylon title was first published in 1907.Egypt
The title about Egypt is dated 1901 - Twentieth Century Impressions of Egypt. Its history, people, commerce, industries and resources. Editor in chief: A. Wright... Assistant editor: H. A. Cartwright. London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co.Hong Kong, Shanghai and Treaty Ports
The spread of the 1908 title was beyond Hong Kong and included Shanghai and other treaty ports such as Japan, Taiwan, and Korea. A manuscript copy of this book is held at the National Library of Australia.Netherlands East Indies
In 1909, the volume about the Netherlands East Indies was published.British Malaya
The British Malaya title was published in 1908. It has been reprinted in an abridged facsimile form by BrashSiam
The Siam book was originally published in London in 1903, with a reprint in 1908.Uruguay
The Uruguay Book was published in 1912 - Twentieth Century Impressions of Uruguay. Its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. Director-in-Chief: Reginald Lloyd... Editors: W. Feldwick... L. T. Delaney... Historian: Arnold Wright. London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co., 1912.Western Australia
In Western Australia, the publisher was also the author - P.W.H Thiel.It was extensively reviewed.
A digitised version is available from the NLA. It was also reprinted by Hesperian Press in 2000.