Excerpt from Letters From China: With Particular Reference to the Empress Dowager and the Women of China Her Imperial Majesty's forty-seven years' reign proved the heart and mind quality which made a strong character, such as history has seldom recorded. The Empress Dowager of China was a great woman, and China's great men recognized and acknowledged this fact. The many conversations awarded me with Her Majesty revealed much of the concealed force and value of China's women. Ignorance of J these qualities has brought a ...
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Excerpt from Letters From China: With Particular Reference to the Empress Dowager and the Women of China Her Imperial Majesty's forty-seven years' reign proved the heart and mind quality which made a strong character, such as history has seldom recorded. The Empress Dowager of China was a great woman, and China's great men recognized and acknowledged this fact. The many conversations awarded me with Her Majesty revealed much of the concealed force and value of China's women. Ignorance of J these qualities has brought a pronounced misrepresentation of China's womanhood. May the light of understanding dispel the darkness of ignorance and reveal the true China and her people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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 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.
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Very Good. 22 x 14.5 cm. xvi 392pp. Index. Bound into green cloth with gilt lettering and dragon emblem. Frontispiece portrait of the Empress. With 80 illustrations from photographs and a fold-out map of Peking. Map is in nice condition without tears. The first UK edition, done the same year as the US edition. Corners are bumped. Mild rubbing to edges of the cloth.
Add this copy of Letters From China, With Particular Reference to the to cart. $175.00, good condition, Sold by David H. Gerber Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austin, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1909 by A.C. McClurg & Co..
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B&w plates. Good+ No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. [xvi], 392pp [ex-library-only indications are H-T-C Discard stamp on front and rear free endpapers; 1910 ownership on front free endpaper; front joint exposed inside front free endpaper-front cover a bit loose; soiling and general wear to covers]
