Niphon And Pe Che Li Or Two Years In Japan And Northern China

Excerpt from Niphon and Pe-Che-Li: Or, Two Years in Japan and Northern China How much do the actions of the great influence the lives of humble people! Because an ambassador was over-confident, and an admiral over-rash in the north of the Chinese Empire, the machinery was set in motion for transporting 12,000 men to the scene of their blunders; and, by the working of one of the little wheels, I was lifted out of a happy home, dragged from the bosom of a fond family, and shipped for the muddy banks of the Peiho. My kind friends owned that it was a great bore for me; "but then," they added by way of consolation, "we quite envy you that delightful overland voyage, a perfect pic-nic!" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Niphon and Pe-Che-Li: Or, Two Years in Japan and Northern China How much do the actions of the great influence the lives of humble people! Because an am bassador was over-confident, and an admiral over-rash in the north of the Chinese Empire, the machinery was set in motion for transport ing men to the scene of their blunders; and, by the working of one of the little wheels, I was lifted out of 0a happy home, dragged from the bosom of a fond family, and shipped for the muddy banks of the Peiho. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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