![]() The vivid and terrible description of the sack of Peking by the Various Powers in China-ideas based on data which have long beenĭeclared of no value by those competent to judge. Which still obtain in Europe and America regarding the position of In the second place, this account may dispel many false ideas Last a state of affairs which alone saved everyone from a shamefulĭeath. Seige itself owing to the division of counsels among the Chinese-this They were almost in extremis, and the curious course of the whole ![]() Really ample warning the rivalry of the warring Legations even when Overcame everyone the unpreparedness and the panic when there was Time in realistic fashion, the extraordinary bouleversement which Human interest, showing most clearly as it does, perhaps for the first When the dread Boxer movement overcast everything so much that even inĮngland the South African War was temporarily forgotten, is of intense Going on from day to day, and even from hour to hour, in theĭiplomatic world of the Chinese capital during the deplorable times Pen of an eye-witness who saw everything, and knew exactly what was Place, there can be but little doubt that an exact narrative from the This late date may be justified on a number of counts. Which took place in Peking during the summer and autumn of 1900, at The publication of these letters, dealing with the startling events PUTNAM WEALE Author of "Manchu and Muscovite,"Īnd "The Re-shaping of the Far East." CHINA EDITION 1922 SHANGHAI KELLY AND WALSH, LIMITED BRITISH EMPIRE AND CONTINENTALĬOPYRIGHT EXCEPTING SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES IN 1900-THE YEAR OF GREAT TRIBULATION EDITED BY B. PEKING BEING THE NOTES OF AN EYE-WITNESS, ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDISCREET LETTERS FROM PEKING***Į-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Sankar Viswanathan,Īnd the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ![]() With this eBook or online at Title: Indiscreet Letters From Pekingīeing the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900-The Year of Great Tribulation Re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withĪlmost no restrictions whatsoever. Putman Weale The Project Gutenberg eBook, Indiscreet Letters From Peking, Edited by B. The Project Gutenberg eBook of Indiscreet Letters From Peking, by B.
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