The Middle Kingdom
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A SURVEY OF THE GEOGRAPHY, GOVERNMENT, LITERATURE, SOCIAL LIFE, ARTS, AND HISTORY OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE AND ITS INHABITANTS
BY S. WELLS WILLIAMS, LL.D. PROFESSOR OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE AT YALE COLLEGE; AUTHOR OF TONIC AND SYLLABIC DICTIONARIES OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE
REVISED EDITION, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND A NEW MAP OF THE EMPIRE
Volume I.
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1900
Copyright, 1882, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Trow’s Printing and Bookbinding Company 201-213 East Twelfth Street NEW YORK
To GIDEON NYE, Jr., OF CANTON, CHINA, A TESTIMONIAL OF THE Respect and Friendship OF THE AUTHOR.