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The story of China

R. Van Bergen · 1902 · Scanned text · Free in the US

53,636 words · about 3 h 45 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Free in the US: this text is in the public domain in the United States; it may still be in copyright elsewhere.

Licence: PD · Library of Congress states the book is in the public domain and free to use and reuse (https://data.labs.loc.gov/digitized-books/README.html); published 1902, public domain asserted for the US only · Library of Congress, Selected Digitized Books (https://www.loc.gov/item/02012916); text via the Common Pile (CC BY 4.0 compilation, per-document rights preserved)

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Author
R. Van Bergen
Language
English
Published
1902
Length
53,636 words · about 3 h 45 min
Sections
4 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (4)
  1. Preface under 1 min
  2. Contents about 3 h 32 min
  3. Conclusion about 3 min
  4. Index about 10 min
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Preface

In writing this book I have endeavored to impart as many facts about the Middle Flowery Kingdom as are positively known. Personal observation enters largely into its composition, but I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to the following writers : D. C. Boulger, Mrs. Bishop, M. von Brandt, A. R. Colquhoun, Sir J. F. Davis, G. N. Curzon, Justus Doolittle, R. S. Gundry, Abbe Hue, Henry Norman and S. Wells Williams.

While this book is written primarily for young people, it is hoped that the information contained in it will be found interesting to older readers.

R. VAN BERGEN.

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