NOTE BY THE PUBLISHER. 



This " SUMMARY" was, first translated from the Chinese, by Stanislas 

 Julien, member of the French Institute, and Professor of Chinese Litera- 

 ture, in the College of France, and printed at the Royal Press, in Paris, 

 by order of the Minister of Public Works, Agriculture, and Commerce. 

 The French copy from which this Translation was made, was transmitted 

 from Paris, to the SECRETARY or STATE, and by his recommendation 

 has been translated and published here. 



WASHINGTON, February, 1838. 



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