Author : George Smith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0267918062
A Narrative of an Exploratory Visit to Each of the Consular Cities of China, and to the Islands of Hong Kong and Chusan, in Behalf of the Church Missionary Society, in the Years 1844, 1845, 1846 (Classic Reprint) by George Smith Pdf
Excerpt from A Narrative of an Exploratory Visit to Each of the Consular Cities of China, and to the Islands of Hong Kong and Chusan, in Behalf of the Church Missionary Society, in the Years 1844, 1845, 1846 The Church Missionary Society had formerly sent an agent to Singapore and to Macao - the Rev. E. B. Squire, the present vicar of Swansea. On the break ing out of the war he was compelled, by the delicate state of Mrs. Squire's health, to embark for Europe. When the intelligence arrived in England of the treaty Of Nanking, and the opening of China to Mis sionary efforts, many urgent solicitations were ad dressed to the Committee to resume their attempt of establishing a Mission in China. They were for a time reluctantly compelled to decline the call through want of funds. At this juncture, an anonymous donor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
