Excerpt from The Land of the PigtailThis old writer knew little about foreign countries, but young China of to-day is anxious to learn from and visit the great lands of the. West. It is well, therefore, that the young people of England should become' better acquainted with the' life of a people whose \existence numbered several thousands of years before the 'roman legions set sail for the White Cliffs 'of Albion.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 Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.