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Ancient and Modern China

This article presents information on several books on the history of China. Some of the books included in the article are "My Life in China and America," by Yung Wing, "Court Life in China," by Isaac Taylor Headland. "In the Land of the Blue Gown," by Mrs. Archibald Little, "China; Its Marvel and Mystery," by T. Hodgson Liddell and "The Great Wall of China," by William Edgar Geil. "My Life in China and America." is an autobiography of Yung Wing. A perusal of this remarkable and scholarly publication fills one with a pleasant astonishment. "Court Life in China" could not have-been written before the Boxer trouble in 1900. The book is written by one who was intimately acquainted with several members of the Imperial household, and who had a close knowledge of many of the Imperial princes and highest officials. In her book, Little tells that her aim is to depict China as it was before the Boxer outrage in 1900, so as to make more intelligible the reasons which brought about that unexpected insurrection and supreme act of Chinese folly.