correspondence that was to last until Rockhill's death. In June 1908, Rockhill made a five-day on-foot trek to Mount Wutai to meet the Dalai Lama and successfully convinced the Dalai Lama to seek peace with China and Britain. In 1909, President William Howard Taft named Rockhill Minister to Russia and Rockhill held this post from January 11, 1910, until June 17, 1911. President Taft then named him Minister to the Ottoman Empire, and he held this post from August 28, 1911, until November 20, 1913. Death Appointed Advisor to the President of China, Yuan Shi Kai, in 1914, Rockhill sailed from San Francisco for China via Japan aboard the SS Chiyo Maru. Afflicted by a severe cold he contracted in San Francisco, he developed pleurisy on the voyage, and had to leave the ship on arrival at Honolulu for treatment. Four days later, the pleurisy overcome, the ordeal occasioned him heart failure and he died in hospital on 8 December 1914, aged 60. Rockhill is buried in the East Cemetery in Litchfield, Connecticut. Selected works Udânavarga: A Collection of Verses from the Buddhist Canon (1883) Prâtimoksha sutra; ou, Le traité d'émancipation selon la version tibétaine: avec notes et extraits du Dulva (Vinaya)']' (1884) with Ernst Leumann and Nanjo Bunyu, [https://books.google.com/books?id=59FAAAAAYAAJ The Life of the Buddha: And the Early History of His Order'' (1884) The Land of the Lamas: Notes of a Journey Through China, Mongolia and Tibet (1891) Explorations in Mongolia and Tibet (1893) Diary of a Journey Through Mongolia and Thibet in 1891 and 1892 (1894) Journey through Mongolia and Tibet, 1891 and 1892 (1894) Notes on the Ethnology of Tibet: Based on the Collections in the U.S. National Museum (1895) The Journey of William of Rubruck to the Eastern Parts of the World (1900) with Sarat Chandra Das, Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet (1902) China's Intercourse with Korea from the XVth Century To 1895 (1905) Diplomatic Audiences at the Court of China (1905) The Dalai Lamas of Lhasa and Their Relations with the Manchu Emperors of China. 1644-1908 (1910) "Diplomatic Missions to the Court of China: The Kotow Question I," The American Historical Review, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Apr., 1897), pp. 427–442. "Diplomatic Missions to the Court of China: The Kotow Question II," The American Historical Review, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Jul., 1897), pp. 627–643. Edited works Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet (1902) References Further reading