BEING AN ACCOUNT FOR THE GENERAL READER OF AN BY DEMETRIUS CHARLES BOULGER 39 66 Author of the "History of China England and Russia in Central Asia" &c &c LONDON WH ALLEN & CO LIMITED 13 WATERLOO PLACE SW Publishers to the India Office 1893 I DEDICATE THIS SHORT HISTORY OF CHINA TO SIR HALLIDAY MACARTNEY, K.C.M.G., AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE OF PERSONAL RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR ONE WHO HAS GREAT EMPIRE. IF TO LORD MACARTNEY WE OWE THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN SIR HALLIDAY MACARTNEY, A SCION OF THE SAME FAMILY, CHINA OWES MUCH OF THE SUCCESS THAT HAS ATTENDED HER DIPLOMACY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 751561 |