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Excerpt from China, Japan and KoreaRemembering the ancestry and genesis of Young personally acquainted with many of its leading spirits, having followed its operations and activities in every province from the beginning of the present revolution, I am compelled to the conviction that salva tion from this quarter is impossible, not only because Young China itself is unregenerate and undisciplined, but because its ideals and projects of governme...

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Excerpt from China, Japan and Korea IN a book published at the end Of the year of the abdication of the Manchu dynasty and the establish ment of the Chinese Republic, I endeavoured to trace the causes, and to predict some Of the results, of that upheaval. Before proceeding to discuss the history Of the eight years which have elapsed Since that book was written, I propose to revert brie¿y to some of the views which it expressed and to some of ...

Excerpt from China Under the Empress Dowager: Being the History of the Life and Times of Tzù Hsi About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present...

Excerpt from Recent Events and Present Policies in ChinaLe Munyon, photographers at Peking, to Mr. C.' D. Jameson, engineer-in-charge of the American Red Cross Society's famine relief work in Anhui and Kiangsu, to Commandant Lambert, of the Belgian Legation Guard at Peking, and to Mr. G. A. Robertson, of the British and Chinese Corporation, for photographs used in the illustration.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousa...

Excerpt from Men, Manners Morals in South America The spirit. I make no claim, in this desultory narrative Of uneventful journeys, to provide company Of that rare refreshing kind, but at least I hope to follow modestly and, if it may be, profitably, in the path Of that prince Of travellers, Of him who believed that there is no better school to fashion a man's life than incessantly to propose unto him the diversities Of so many other men's liv...

Excerpt from Houseboat Days in China Imprimis, however, a word to the enlightened reader, the Old resident (bless his querulous ways I), who, rightly enough, asks to be informed of your book's raison d'étre. A' record of Idle ness, my dear Sir, trivial things set down in garrulous mood and chie¿y for the delectation (if so it may be) of fellow-idlers. Herein you shall find little geography and even less science, except it be such as all may t...

Excerpt from Li Hung-ChangThe empire of China is, in a manner, separated from all the rest of the world, situated in a fine and healthy climate, surrounded by the ocean to the east and south by a chain of high rocks and barren mountains on the north and west, along which runs the famous wall as an additional defence. But what, in my opinion, is a greater security to the empire against invaders than anything yet mentioned, is the barren desert,...

Excerpt from Germany's Violations of the Laws of War, 1914-15: Compiled Under the Auspices of the French Ministry of Foreign AffairsN compiling and publishing the present work, the French Government aims at bringing into full relief the fact with.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten ...

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