Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 16
berof the Imperial Family. The photo-graph shows the entrance to the firstcourtyard. The Legation compound isvery extensive, and contains severalcourtyards with buildings round each.It is very highly decorated, the designsshown in this picture being elabor-ately wrought in lacquered work ofgold and… … THE ENTRANCE TO THEBRITISH LEGATION. ENTRANCE TO THE COLLEGE OF THE STUDENT INTERPRETERS. Student interpreters are young Eng-lishmen who enter the College to pre-pare themselves for the Consular Service.At eighteen they have to pass theirentrance examination. They receivegiven posts in connection…
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