Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...Price, 60 cents. American Book Co., New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. The "Middle Kingdom" is becoming more and more the focus of the world's diplomacy, and such a book as this is most timely. Written by one long resident in China, It draws largely on personal observation for its facts. Commencing with a description of the physical features of the country, it next considers the people themselves, their beliefs, customs and education. Then the history of the Chinese Empire is briefly sketched, from the earliest times to the Boxer uprising. The book is attractively illustrated from photographs, and forms an interesting and valuable supplementary geographical reader. Ginn & Co., Boston and Chicago, publish a beautiful school edition of Lady of the Lake, edited with great care and success by Edwin P. Ginn. Here for a small outlay one gets on fine paper, in clear type, with explanatory notes, introduction, sketch of author, etc., a fine copy of the great masterpiece. September "Review of Reviews" has a most interesting leading article on "A Migration from the States to the Canadian Northwest." It is difficult to say which of its host of shorter articles is more valuable and interesting. It does seem that the number is more than usually rich. "Scribners" for September gives a fine assortment of stories, "Prix de Rome Students at the Villa Medici" is a very attractive article. "Among London Wage Earners," "Captain Macklin, His Memoirs," by Richard Harding Davis are exceptionally strong. The University of Chicago Press announces for the month of September a book entitled "The Place of Industry in Elementary Education" by Katherine Elizabeth Dopp. The appearance of this book is time...
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