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Soft 



THE 



Silk Goddess of China 



AND HER LEGEND, 



BY 



DR. A. TERRIEN de LACOUPERIE, 



Doct. of Phil., and of Lett., lion. cans. Lovan. ; 



Laur. of the Institut de France (Acad. Insoript. et Belles Lettres.) 



Professor of Indo-Chinese Philology (formerly of University College, London) ; 



Coll. Musee Guimet, Paris ; M. couno. Philological Society ; 



M. lion. Royal Asiatic Society, London ; M. lion. Societe Orientale, Lou vain ; 



M. C. Peking Oriental Society ; M. C. Academie de Stanislas, Nancy ; 



M. C. Academie des Sciences, Marseille; M. C. Societe d'Archeologie, Bordeaux; 



M. Societe de Linguistique, Paris; 



Author of The Oldest Book of the Chinese, 1882 ; Beginnings of writing around Tibet, 188- 



The Languages of China before the Chinese, 1887; Origin of the Chinese Civilisation 



from Western Sources, 1889 ; Historical Description of Ancient Chinese Money, 1890 ; 



Director of The Babylonian and Oriental Record, &c. 



London : 



DAVID NUTT, 270, STRAND. 



LUZAC & CO., 46, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, W.C. 



1891. 



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