Desultory Notes on the Government and People of China, and on the Chinese Language

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Excerpt from Desultory Notes on the Government and People of China, and on the Chinese Language: Illustrated With a Sketch of the Province of Kwang-Tûng, Shewing Its Division Into Departments and Districts That the reader may be enabled to form some judgment as to the degree of reliance to be placed on the statements and opinions put forth in the following Notes, I shall here shew on what grounds I found my title to write on China. I conceive myself entitled to write on China, firstly, because I have some practical knowledge of the Chinese language, secondly, because I have bestowed my whole time and undivided attention on Chinese affairs for nearly five years, and thirdly, because, during nearly three years of that period, I have been placed in an unusually favourable position for acquiring a knowledge of those particular subjects on which I have ventured to write. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.