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Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)

Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 74

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houghin China, as in other countries, we knowwomen are devoted to his worship. Inno country of the world does literaturestand in such high estimation ; by meansof it the poorest man may climb to thehighest post in the Empire. Nothingso helps a man to a career as a know-ledge of the literature of… … THE TEMPLE OF THE GOD OF LITERATURE AT MUKDEN. THE TEMPLE OFTHE FOX, MUKDEN. Another temple at Mukden, greatlyfrequented by mandarins. A group ofthem is seated in the centre. Thetemple is situated close to the citywall, which is shown in process ofdecay, the descending roots of the treesstripping…

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