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A HISTORY OF
CHINESE LITERATURE
BY
HERBERT A. GILES, M. A., LL. D. (Aberd.)
PROFESSOR OF CHINESE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
AND LATE H. B. M. CONSUL AT NINGPO
NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1927
Copyright, 1901,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
Printed in the United States of America