“EXERCISE YOUR FACULTIES OF SEEING, AND YOU
WILL GET GOOD THINGS TO EAT”
Chinese Proverb
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1905
All rights reserved
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TO
THE COMMODORE
AND OFFICERS
OF
H.M.S. “TAMAR”
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THESE stories possess the merit of not being true, nor are
they necessarily founded on fact; they were written during
three years’ service in China, and their conception served to
more or less pleasantly while away many hours. If they afford
the reader as many pleasant minutes, they will have well
fulfilled their purpose. To those whose ideas of a Chinaman
are gathered from the good-natured, doddering idiot as he is
so often represented on the stage, he is here shown in a
different form, however inadequate the portrayal may be.
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