Identifier: athomewithhakkas00nage (find matches)
Title: At home with the Hakkas in South China
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Nagel, Sherman A. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Mountain View, Cal., Kansas City, Mo. (etc.) Pacific press publishing association
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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By Sherman A. Nagel Number Four of the Wide World Series MCMXXI PRINTED IN U. S. A. PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA Kansas City, Missouri Portland, Oregon St. Paul, Minnesota Cristobal, Canal Zone D ^nio fit COPYRIGHT 1921 Pacific Press Publishing Association ^C!.A653397 JAN -3 1922 CONTENTS A Foreword ........... 5 On Shipboard 7 First Impressions 14 Geography 21 Home Life 26 Chinas Language 34 The Religions of China 39 Government 45 Traveling in China 53 Our Mission Work 62
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A Foreword Mrs. Nagel and I were asked to go to China in 1909. We havegiven twelve of the best years of our life in service to the Chinesepeople. A few minutes ago I finished my birthday dinner. I stillfeel and, some say, I act like a boy, though I am thirty-four. Myown children — Florence, aged ten, and Sherman, aged six — withElder J. P. Andersons two little girls, Helen and Hazel, have justiven me the usual birthday whipping. When I was home on furlough five years ago, I visited numerouschurches in the Western States, and spoke on China from Spokaneto San Diego. By invitation, I talked also to many boys and girlsin both public and church schools. When I began these lectures, Iwas at a loss to know what people wished to learn about this greatEastern country; so I followed the plan of permitting all who wishedtb do so to ask all the questions they could think of. I answered allI was able; and in this way, I soon found out what boys and girlswished to learn about China. In the fol

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