The Fortunate Union, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from The Fortunate Union, Vol. 1 of 2: A Romance, Translated From the Chinese Original, With Notes and Illustrations, To Which Is Added, a Chinese Tragedy The following translation was the amusement of some leisure hours in the country which it describes. The perusal of the original work, entitled Haoukewchuen, or 'A tale of the fortunate, or appropriate union, ' had impressed the translator with a good opinion of its merits, and, after finishing the two first chapters on trial, he was encouraged to proceed towards a complete version of the Romance, with the addition of such notes and explanations as his long personal acquaintance with the people might qualify him to afford. The illustrative parts have derived advantage from the able assistance of the Rev. Dr. Morrison, while some botanical notes were the contributions of John Reeves, Esq. of the East-India Company's service, F.R.S. and L.S. a gentleman well versed in the natural history of China. 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.