The Marches Of The Mantze Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Marches of the Mantze The Marches of the Mantze is the Chinese designation of that large tract of country situated to the west of Szechwan and east of Tibet. Of this country little is at present known, and less has been published. As this district is now entering upon a new era in its history, the following particulars, by one who has resided there for many years, cannot fail to be of interest. Whether it be to the missionary who seeks to preach the Gospel where Christ has not been named, or to the student of history and geography, all that pertains to a hitherto unknown land must appeal with special power. As early as 1877 Dr. Cameron of the China Inland Mission travelled through these regions. In 1888 the writer, with his wife, commenced the study of Tibetan with the help of an old Mongol who had formerly been with the well-known Jesuit travellers, Hue and Gabet. After a short residence at Sungpang they subsequently opened Tatsienlu in 1897 as a mission station for work in this border country. From that time onward work has been maintained, with the exception of a break occasioned by the Boxer Crisis. 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.