CHINA

AND

THE CHINESE:

A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF

THE COUNTRY AND ITS INHABITANTS; ITS CIVILIZATION AND
FORM OF GOVERNMENT; ITS RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL INSTI-
TUTIONS; ITS INTERCOURSE WITH OTHER NATIONS;

AND ITS

PRESENT CONDITION AND PROSPECTS.

BY THE REV. JOHN L. NEVIUS,

TEN YEARS A MISSIONARY IN CHINA.

WITH A MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

TO MY WIFE,

HELEN S. COAN NEVIUS,

EVER MY MOST

JUDICIOUS COUNSELLOR AND EFFICIENT HELPER,

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED.