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| Title | The Mystic Flowery Land: Being a True Account of an Englishman's Travels and Adventures in China |
| Author | Charles J. H. Halcombe |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Luzac, 1899 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 225 pages |
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