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The Chinese Revolution.* Tee Author Of This Narrative Is A

journalist who followed his profession during the struggle between the Imperial and rebel forces for the possession of Wu-chang and the neigh- bouring group of industrial cities......

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NOVELS OP CHARACTER AND ENVIRONMENT.* IN the preface to the new edition of his works Mr. Hardy has the following passage:— "Positive views on the whence and wherefore of things......