The bright side of humanity; glimpses of life in every land (1900)
Pell, Edward Leigh, 1861- [from old catalog] · Richmond, Va., The B. F. Johnson publishing co · leaf 383
the best Christian traditions, refuses Buddhist suitors for hisdaughters, unobtrusively but capably helps the Moravian mis-sionaries, supports his family by steady industry, although ofnoble birth, and asks nothing of anyone. His good-morn-ing and good-night, as he daily passed my tent with… … XXV. • IN THE FLOWERY KINGDOM. After all that has been written about the Chinese littleis known of their real character. This is due mainly to thefact that for some reason the Chinese are never s]3oken of exceptin superlatives. One never writes about them in a cool, disin-terested way. There is…
Ethnology · Manners and customs · Temperament
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
