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  • Peeps Into China; Or, The Missionary's Children

    by E. C. Phillips ...
    "Peeps Into China; Or, The Missionary's Children" by E. C. Phillips offers a captivating glimpse into the lives of missionary families in China. Through the eyes of children, the narrative unfolds the cultural richness and challenges faced by these families as they navigate their dual identities. The book is filled with vivid descriptions of Chinese customs, landscapes, and the interactions ... Read more

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  • Peeps Into China; Or, The Missionary's Children

    A Tale of Faith, Sacrifice, and Cultural Exchange in 19th-Century China

    by E. C. Phillips ...
    In "Peeps Into China; Or, The Missionary's Children," E. C. Phillips offers a vivid exploration of Chinese culture through the unique lens of missionary life in the late 19th century. This evocative narrative melds rich descriptive prose with personal anecdotes, providing readers with a multifaceted perspective on China during a time of significant sociopolitical change. The book captures the ... Read more

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  • Peeps Into China

    by E.C. Phillips ...
    This classic travelogue by Esther Phillps is subtitled, "The Missionary's Children" ... Read more

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    Long considered a masterpiece of the eerie and fantastic, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of supernatural-themed tales compiled from ancient Chinese folk stories by Songling Pu in the eighteenth century.These tales of ghosts, magic, vampirism, and other things bizarre and fantastic are an excellent Chinese companion to Lafcadio Hearn's well-known collections of Japanese ghost ... Read more

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  • Korean Folk Tales Part 1 (Illustrated)

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    To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which he lives, the following stories will serve as true interpreters, born as they are of the three great religions of the Far East, Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. An old manuscript copy of Im Bang's stories came into the hands of the translator, and he gives them ... Read more

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  • The Travels of Lao Can

    by Liu E ...
    Autobiographical novel, showing "Lao Can" (Liu E), discoverer of Oracle Bones, in his profession of physician, his interest in the Yellow River and his attitude towards officialdom in general. Also a fabulous intro, written under Party supervision, by acclaimed scholar Yiangsi Yang. ... Read more

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  • Traveling in Siberia 1868, Illustrated

    by Thomas Knox ...
    An American makes the trek across Siberia via horse, carriage and sled, during the mid nineteenth century. Original Illustrations included. ... Read more

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  • Through China with a Camera

    by John Thomson ...
    Originally published in 1898. INTRODUCTION: Since the time when I made my first journey into Cambodia to examine its ancient cities, it has been my constant endeavour to show how the explorer may add not only to the interest but to the permanent value of his work by the use of photography. To those of my readers interested in photography I may add a note on my method of working. All my negatives ... Read more

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  • CHINA

    by SIR HENRY ARTHUR BLAKE ...
    CONTENTS CHAPTER I Description of China; Her Early History; Tartar Garrisons; Chinese Soldiers; Family Life; Power of Parents; Foot-Binding                          CHAPTER II Marriage Customs; Ancestral Halls; Official Hierarchy; Competitive Examinations; Taxation; Punishments; Torture; Story of Circumstantial Evidence   CHAPTER III Gradations of Chinese Society; Agricul... ... Read more

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  • Shades of the Past

    Indiscreet Tales of Japan

    by Harold S. Williams ...
    Prowling among these stories about Japan one finds riffraff and gentlemen, pirates and warriors, saints and sinners, smugglers and legitimate businessmen.All those, in fact, who made up the foreign communities of Japan in the early days. Harold S. Williams tells about them with the same inimitable humor, irony, drama and whimsy that made his earlier Tales of the Foreign Settlements such a popular ... Read more

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  • Among the Mongols.

    by James Gilmour ...
    Series series Elibron Classics
    This book aims at representing to the western reader whatever is most noteworthy and interesting in the home life, manners and customs, occupations and surroundings, modes of thought, superstitions and religious beliefs and practices of the Mongol tribes who inhabit the eastern portion of the plateau of Central Asia lying between Siberia on the north and China on the south. ... Read more

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  • In Eastern Seas

    The Commission of H.M.S Iron Duke, Flag-ship in China 1878-83

    by J. J. Smith ...
    The first HMS Iron Duke was a British Audacious-class central battery ironclad. She became the flagship of the China Station on 31 August 1871, one of the first large ships to use the Suez canal to reach the Far Easy. In an age of inefficient engines, her full sailing rig made her particularly suitable for operations in the Pacific Ocean. She returned to the UK in 1875 and joined the First Reserve ... Read more

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