Title: Eight Years in Japan, 1873-1881
Subtitle: Work, Travel, and Recreation
First published: 1883
Description: Important primary source for early history of Japanese railways.  Holtham was one of several British engineers hired by the Japanese government.  See Japanese railways in the Meiji period  / Tom Richards & Charles Rudd.  Uxbridge: Brunel University, 1991.
Subjects: Description and travel, Railroads