THE KINGDOM AND PEOPLE OF SIAM; WITH A NARRATIVE OF THE MISSION TO THAT COUNTRY BY SIR JOHN BOWRING, F.R.S. HER MAJESTY'S PLENIPOTENTIARY IN CHINA. [The Author of this Work reserves the right of Translation.] LONDON: SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET, COVENT GARDEN. TO HIS MAJESTY PHRA BARD SOMDETCH PHRA PARAMENDR MAHA MONGKUT PHRA CHOM KLAU CHAU YU HUA, BY ONE WHO HAS WITNESSED IN HIS MAJESTY THE RARE AND ILLUSTRIOUS EXAMPLE OF A SUCCESSFUL DEVOTION OF THE TIME AND TALENT OF A GREAT ORIENTAL SOVEREIGN TO THE CULTIVATION OF THE LITERATURE AND THE STUDY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF WESTERN NATIONS; BY ONE WHO FEELS HONOURED BY HIS MAJESTY'S CONFIDENCE AND KINDNESS, AND WHO REJOICES IN THE HOPE THAT THE EXTENSION OF |