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New China and old, personal recollections and observations of thirty years, by the Ven. Arthur E. Moule ...
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1891 Moule
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moule, Arthur E. (Arthur Evans), 1836-1918.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Social life and customs.
- China.
- China--Religion.
- Genre:
- Gold tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1891.
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1891.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 312 p. incl. front., illus. plates. 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, Seeley and co., limited, 1891.
- Contents:
- The Chinese Empire; causes of its cohesion
- An inland city; Hangchow
- An open port; Shanhai
- Country life
- The house of a Mandarin
- Buddhism and Taoism as they affect Chinese life
- Ancestral worship
- Superstitions
- Language and literature
- Christian missions in China.
- Notes:
- Includes list of illustrations.
- "The smallcuts in the text are from pictures...drawn by a Christian Chinese artist, Matthew Tai"--p. xii.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in blue cloth with text and image of Chinese farmer in gold on front cover. Text in gold on spine.
- Athenaeum copy: Asian-themed binding.
- Athenaeum copy: Stamped on title page: "Received Nov 10 1891."
- Athenaeum copy: Conserved by a grant from the E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
- OCLC:
- 4306308
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