A Harp with a Thousand Strings: (a Chinese Anthology in Six Parts)

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Pilot Press Limited, 1944 - China - 536 pages
"This anthology selects certain aspects of Chinese culture and its effect on the West." -- Publisher's jacket.

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Contents

CHINA THROUGH THE ENGLISH IMAGINATI
1
PROSE
7
An Astonishing Experience of Sun Yatsen
39

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TitleA Harp with a Thousand Strings: (a Chinese Anthology in Six Parts)
AuthorQian Xiao
EditorQian Xiao
Compiled byQian Xiao
PublisherPilot Press Limited, 1944
Length536 pages
  
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