The attaché at Peking

Transcriber’s Note
The cover image was restored by Thiers Halliwell and is placed in the public domain.
THE ATTACHE AT PEKING
A. B. FREEMAN-MITFORD, C.B.
AUTHOR OF ‘TALES OF OLD JAPAN,’ ‘THE BAMBOO GARDEN,’ ETC.
London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
new york: the macmillan company
1900
All rights reserved.
These letters were written many years ago, but in China, and especially at Peking, the old order changes slowly, and they are at any rate a faithful record of the life which was led by those whose duties lay, as the Chinese say, “within the walls.” They profess no more than that. Those who wish to learn more about China and Chinese manners must go to that monumental work of the late Dr. Wells Williams, The Middle Kingdom , to Sir John Davies’s fascinating book, The Chinese , or to Professor Douglas’s book on Chinese society.