The essay is about the book Bizarre Happenings Witnessed over Two Decades. The books can only be found as an ebook here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Vignettes_from_the_Late_Ch%CA%BBing/ia4qmgxy2HEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover The professor wants me to write about what was happening in the world during that time. It is not a book review but a history paper.