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Page 14 - The | Travels | Of several | Learned Missioners | of the | Society of Jesus, | into Divers Parts | of the | Archipelago, | India, China, and America.
Page 12 - Lettre de Pékin sur le génie de la langue chinoise et la nature de leur écriture symbolique, comparée avec celle des anciens Egyptiens; en réponse à cette d'un membre de la Société royale des Sciences de Londres, sur le même sujet.
Page 15 - Rambles of a Naturalist on the Shores and Waters of the China Sea. Being Observations in Natural History during a Voyage to China, Formosa, Borneo, Singapore, &c., during 1866—67.
Page 3 - Morrison's View of China, for Philological purposes ; containing a Sketch of Chinese Chronology, Geography, Government, "Religion and Customs, designed for those who study the Chinese language. 4to. 6s.
Page 10 - ... sufferings, and privations endured by the mate and survivors of the crew, during their seventeen months' captivity and close confinement in loathsome prisons in Japan, by order of the Japanese authorities. Senate Doc., 30th Congress, 1st Session, Miscellaneous, No. 80, pages 103. 4. Letter to Hon. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State, enclosing a paper, geographical, political, and commercial, on the independent oriental nations, and containing a plan for opening, extending, and protecting American...
Page 6 - From the Arctic ocean to the Yellow Sea; the narrative of a journey in 1890 and 1891, across Siberia, Mongolia, the Gobi desert, and north China.
Page 9 - THE ORIGIN OF THE CHINESE ; an Attempt to Trace the connection of the Chinese with Western Nations in their Religion, Superstitions, Arts, Language, and Traditions.
Page 5 - Views in the East, comprising India, Canton, and the Shores of the Red Sea; with Historical and Descriptive Illustrations, 2 vols, royal 4to.
Page 5 - The Mishmee Hills : an Account of a Journey made in an Attempt to Penetrate Thibet from Assam, to open New Routes for Commerce. Second Edition. With Four Illustrations and Map. Post 8vo. Cloth, price IDS. 6d. Cornhill Library of Fiction (The). Crown 8vo. Cloth, price 3$ . 6d. per volume. Half-a-Dozen Daughters.
Page 13 - THE MIND OF MENCIUS ; or, Political Economy Founded upon Moral Philosophy. A Systematic Digest of the Doctrines of the Chinese Philosopher Mencius.

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