Sir Harry Parkes in China

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Methuen & Company, 1901 - Всего страниц: 386
 

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Стр. 27 - The plot is original and one difficult to work out ; but Mr. Parker has done it with great skill and delicacy. The reader who is not interested in this original, fresh, and well-told tale must be a dull person indeed.

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