[260] The natural result of a plutocratic rule above was a vigorous trade-unionism intent only on short hours and high wages below, and as indifferent as the rich to the common weal. See Hubbard’s Fate of Empires, a very stimulating book, differing widely in its spirit and conclusions from those of the writer.
[261] See Legge, Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity.
[262] No really good, full, and popular descriptive history, with maps and illustrations, of early and medieval China, nor of the Mongol (Hun) and Turkish peoples, seems to exist in the English language. The writer has consulted Skrine and Ross’s Heart of Asia, Hirth’s Ancient History of China, S. Wells Williams’ History of China, A Thousand Years of the Tartars, by E. H. Parker, H. H. Howorth’s History of the Mongols, and has found much useful material scattered through Ratzel and Helmolt. He has later on made a useful section from Watters’ translation and commentary upon the Travels of Yuan Chwang, supplemented by the Life of Yuan Chwang, edited by L. Cranmer Byng. Yule’s edition of Marco Polo has also been a very inspiring source of material.
[263] E. H. Parker, A Thousand Years of the Tartars.
[264] Even in eastern Turkestan there are still strong evidences of Nordic blood in the physiognomy of the people. See Ella and Percy Sykes, Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia.
[265] See Roger Pocock, Horses, a very interesting and picturesque little book.
[266] The History of Mankind, book v., C.
[267] The History of Mankind, book v., C.
[268] See Migrations, by Flinders Petrie, the 1906 Huxley Lecture of the Royal Anthrop. Institute.
[269] E. B.