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PREFACE.
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the consideration of quality, or age, did not weigh. Unfor-
tunately, owing to the cost, it has been found impossible to
at the risk of some-
reproduce the colours, necessitating, being
what tedious, the describing of the various pieces at greater
than would otherwise have been
length necessary.
" "
Under the headings Symbols," Animals," and elsewhere,
when the information given has been obtained from books, it
is with the name of the work
simply reproduced quoted from,
thus enabling readers to turn to it for themselves should thev
wish to follow the subject further. Where no authority is
named, the particulars have been obtained from Chinese friends.
This information
applies equally to all branches of Chinese art,
so it is hoped will prove of interest to others besides lovers
of old china. The various authors quoted adopt different
methods of the Chinese names and words but no
spelling ;
should arise from this if the reader will follow the
difficulty
sound, which will be found to vary but little.
In his best thanks to the named on
returning gentlemen
xiii. for according permission to make such extracts, the
p.
writer would beg to express the hope that they will not consider
he has trespassed too freely on their kind indulgence.
In addition to the works quoted from, there are others in
both this and the French language, many of which might
have been used with advantage ; but to have employed them
would have extended the size of this little volume beyond the
limit of a hand-book, which it has already somewhat exceeded.
Mr. T. J. Larkin has been good enough to read through
the and the notes he has the reader
proofs, kindly appended
will find add to the value of the work.
greatly
'Thanks are also due to Mr. Arbuthnot, of Shanghai, for
sundry Chinese books.
in conclusion, it only remains to thank Mr. Charles II.
Head for kindly consenting to this book being dedicated to
the memory of his old friend Sir Wollaston Franks.
W. G. GULLAND.