The Fortunate Union, Vol. 1 of 2: A Romance, Translated From the Chinese Original, With Notes and Illustrations; To Which Is Added, a Chinese Tragedy (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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But it would be absurd to detract from the merit of Dr. Percy's labours on account of the imperfection of his materials, or to deny that lie most ably edited, and very correctly illus trated (except where his version misled him) what certainly was, at the time when it ap peared, by far the best picture of Chinese man ners and society that we possessed. He was naturally puzzled by some parts of his manu script, and expresses his surprise in notes at a number of incongruities, which, on a reference to the original, are not found to exist.

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