Behind the scenes in Peking

by Mary Hooker

BEING EXPERIENCES DURING THE

SIEGE OF THE LEGATIONS

BY MARY HOOKER

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.

1911

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PREFACE

It does not fall to the lot of every woman—or man, either—to go through a siege, especially one so remarkable, and, indeed, unique in many of its features, as that of the Legations in Peking.