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IN CHINA
A REGARD FOR BOOKS HAS ALWAYS DISTINGUISHED ITS CULTURE. TODAY CHINA IS RESURGENT AND ITS VENERABLE PAST LINKS WITH THE PRESENT IN THE FOUNDING OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY. IT IS NATURAL THAT THIS LAND SHOULD VALUE THE FORMAT OF A BOOK AS HIGHLY AS ITS CONTENTS FOR CHINA HAS EVER ESTEEMED SAYINGS OF HER PHILOSOPHERS AS MUCH FOR THE BEAUTY OF CHARACTERS AS FOR THE SENTIMENT EXPRESSED. TO THOSE WHO VIEW FINE PRINTING THERE MUST COME REALIZATION THAT THIS IS CHINA'S SPHERE. YEARS WILL PROVE IT.
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CECIL AND JAMES JOHNSON
THE WINDSOR PRESS. SAN FRANCISCO
1934