Beschreibung:
This 1834 two-volume work sought to diminish Anglophone ignorance of China's history from mythological times to the ruling Qing dynasty.
Advertisement; 1. Geographical remarks; 2. Government and laws; 3. Character, usages, industry, language, sciences, religion; 4. Chronology; 5. Mythological era; 6. Hea dynasty; 7. Shang dynasty; 8. Chow dynasty; 9. Tsin dynasty; 10. Han dynasty; 11. Middle ages; 12. Sung dynasty; 13. Tse dynasty; 14. Tang dynasty; 15. The Woo-tae; 16. Modern history.