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Subject(s)

• Proverbs, Chinese [Browse]
• Proverbs, Hindustani [Browse]
• Folklore—China [Browse]
• Folklore—South Asia [Browse]

Related work(s)

Guiterman, Arthur, 1871-1943. Betel nuts. [Browse]

Series

• Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Emigration and immigration. [More in this series]
• Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Emigration and immigration. Preservation microfilm collection ; 00380. [More in this series]

Notes

• Many verses previously published in Life, Collier's weekly, The New York times, or the World outlook.
• "Part of the material in the section 'Betel nuts' appeared in the author's earlier book of that title, originally published in 1907"--P. [v].
• "These proverbs that I bring thee are from ... the people of the Eighteen Provinces of the Flowery Kingdom, and are spoken in the streets of Canton and Peking"--P. 1.
• "Herein shalt thou find ... colorful proverbs of Bengal, the Punjab, Rajputana, and even of the mountains of Kashmir and Afghanistan, with some few others"--P. [29].

Action note

• Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
• (MH)

Contents

• Chips of jade, or, What they say in China
• Betel nuts, or, What they say in Hindustan.

OCLC

77337302

RCP

H - S

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