first edition
[Toronto, Ontario?]
by White, William C., Rev
[Toronto, Ontario?]: published under the direction of the Literature Committee of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada. First edition, 8vo, pp. 90. [6]; 2 portrait frontispieces within the pagination and 23 illustrations from photographs, a number full-page; original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; slight toning of the text, else near fine. With the early ownership signature of Fanie F. Taylor, Frederickton, N.B. on the front free endpaper. The author is described on the title page as being a M.S.C.C. missionary working in the C.M.S. Field of Fuhkien, South China. OCLC locates only two copies in the U.S.: General (truncated)