The Life of Taou-Kwang, Late Emperor of China: With Memoirs of the Court of Peking; Including a Sketch of the Principal Events in the History of the Chinese Empire During the Last Fifty Years |
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Page 280 - We obtain from these volumes more information of a practical kind than from any other publication; a closer view of the domestic life of the Chinese — of the public institutions — the manufactures — natural resources — and literature.