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China under the empress dowager : being the history of the life and times of Tzǔ Hsi, compiled from state papers and the private diary of the comptroller of her household
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China under the Empress Dowager has taken its place amongst standard works on modern Chinese history by virtue of the fascination of the story itself, of its literary quality and of its authority as an historical record of the penultimate crisis in the history of the Manchu Empire. The first two virtues justify the publication of a third edition and they are fortified by the testimony of Professor Duyvendak of Leiden, when he says that this work "in masterly fashion expresses the atmosphere of those days," and by the importance attached to it by such competent scholars as Dr. H.B. Morse, Sir Reginald Johnston and Dr. H.F. MacNair. Since the date of its first publication, that part of the volume devoted to the Dairy of His Excellency Ching Shan has stood out as being of capital importance. So fully was this recognized, indeed, that in 1924 Professor Duyvendak published in full, with an English translation, that part of the Diary which had been included in the book and had been deposited by Mr. Bland in the British Museum. -- Publisher's note.
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