"The Last Days of Pekin" by Pierre Loti (translated by Myrta Leonora Jones). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Pierre Loti. The Last Days of Pekin
The Last Days of Pekin
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
I. THE ARRIVAL IN THE YELLOW SEA
II. AT NING-HIA
III. ON THE WAY TO PEKIN
I
II. THE TWO GODDESSES OF THE BOXERS
III
IV
V. AT TONG-TCHOW
VI
VII. AT THE FRENCH LEGATION
VIII
IV. IN THE IMPERIAL CITY
I
II
III. THE ABANDONED ROOM
IV
V
VI
VII. THE TEMPLE OF THE LAMAS
VIII. CONFUCIUS
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
FOOTNOTE:
V. RETURN TO NING-HIA
VI. PEKIN IN SPRINGTIME
I
II
FOOTNOTE:
VII. THE TOMBS OF THE EMPERORS
I
II
III
IV
FOOTNOTES:
VIII. THE LAST DAYS OF PEKIN
I
II
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Pierre Loti
Published by Good Press, 2019
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A thousand Zouaves who are to arrive to-morrow are to occupy this fort during the winter; while awaiting their arrival we have simply brought along a score of sailors to take possession.
It is curious to go among these houses, abandoned in haste and terror, and to find ourselves in the midst of the disorder of precipitate flight; broken furniture and dishes, clothing, guns, bayonets, ballistic books, boots with paper soles, umbrellas, and ambulance supplies are piled pell-mell before the doors. In the kitchens dishes of rice are ready for the oven, with plates of cabbage and cakes made of fried grasshoppers.
