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Mafeking Diary (Book)
Brian Willan; Edited by Andrew Reed; John L. Comaroff; Edited by Soloman Molema
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R457
Discovery Miles 4 570
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Provides a wonderfully readable view of the siege of Mafeking, one
of the most famous episodes of the South African War. For this
centenary edition the editors have returned to the original
manuscript for the fullest and most accurate version possible.
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China Opened - Or, a Display of the Topography, History, Customs, Manners, Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, Literature, Religion, Jurisprudence, etc. of the Chinese Empire (Paperback)
Karl Friedrich August Gutzlaff; Edited by Andrew Reed
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R1,291
Discovery Miles 12 910
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Remarkable yet controversial, the Prussian-born Protestant
missionary Karl Friedrich August Gutzlaff (1803-51) sought to
spread Christianity in the Far East. A gifted linguist, he sailed
to Siam and worked on translating the Bible into Thai. The British
missionary Robert Morrison had fired his interest in China, and
Gutzlaff later focused his evangelising efforts there, learning
several dialects and distributing translated literature.
Furthermore, he served as an interpreter for the East India
Company. Also reissued in this series are his Journal of Three
Voyages along the Coast of China (1834) and A Sketch of Chinese
History (1834). Edited down into two substantial volumes by the
Congregational minister Andrew Reed (1787-1862), the present work
was published in 1838. It aimed to generate support for the
missionary cause by giving Anglophone readers deeper insight into
an unfamiliar civilisation. Volume 1 addresses geography and
topography, before moving onto history, language and culture.
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China Opened - Or, a Display of the Topography, History, Customs, Manners, Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, Literature, Religion, Jurisprudence, etc. of the Chinese Empire (Paperback)
Karl Friedrich August Gutzlaff; Edited by Andrew Reed
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R1,299
Discovery Miles 12 990
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Remarkable yet controversial, the Prussian-born Protestant
missionary Karl Friedrich August Gutzlaff (1803-51) sought to
spread Christianity in the Far East. A gifted linguist, he sailed
to Siam and worked on translating the Bible into Thai. The British
missionary Robert Morrison had fired his interest in China, and
Gutzlaff later focused his evangelising efforts there, learning
several dialects and distributing translated literature.
Furthermore, he served as an interpreter for the East India
Company. Also reissued in this series are his Journal of Three
Voyages along the Coast of China (1834) and A Sketch of Chinese
History (1834). Edited down into two substantial volumes by the
Congregational minister Andrew Reed (1787-1862), the present work
was published in 1838. It aimed to generate support for the
missionary cause by giving Anglophone readers deeper insight into
an unfamiliar civilisation. Volume 2 addresses arts and sciences,
religion, and government at all levels.
Andrew Reed (1787 1862) was a Congregational Minister and one of
the leading philanthropists of his day, fund-raising for and
founding a number of orphanages and asylums. In 1834, he and fellow
Congregational Minister James Matheson (1766 1840) were sent to the
Congregational churches of the United States, in order to promote
peace and friendship between the two communities. This two-volume
1835 work consists of thirty-nine letters in which the authors
recount their journey, and their meetings with their fellow
Congregationalists. They visited a large number of cities, mostly
on the Eastern Seaboard, and made one excursion to Canada. In
Volume 1, the focus is on their arrival in America and their first
impression of the country and its people. They note with approval
that that 'there is less claptrap, less trifling, and no frivolity'
in Congregational services in the United States, as compared with
England.
Andrew Reed (1787-1862) was a Congregational Minister and one of
the leading philanthropists of his day, fund-raising for and
founding a number of orphanages and asylums. In 1834, he and fellow
Congregational Minister James Matheson (1766-1840) were sent to the
Congregational churches of the United States, in order to promote
peace and friendship between the two communities. This two-volume
1835 work consists of thirty-nine letters in which the authors
recount their journey, and their meetings with their fellow
Congregationalists. They visited a large number of cities, mostly
on the Eastern Seaboard, and made one excursion to Canada. Volume 2
tells of the many different communities that Reed and Matheson
encounter in America, and the focus is mostly on theological and
educational issues. They approve of female academies, asking
rhetorically, 'why should not our daughters, equally with our sons,
possess the advantages, which these institutions ... so readily
supply?'.
Andrew Reed (1787-1862) was a Congregational minister, an energetic
philanthropist and a highly successful fundraiser. He began to
study theology at Hackney Academy in 1807 and was ordained minister
in 1811, serving in this role until 1861. He helped to found
numerous charitable institutions, most notably the London Orphan
Asylum, the Asylum for Fatherless Children, the Asylum for Idiots,
the Infant Orphan Asylum, and the Hospital for Incurables. In
addition to his charitable work, he found time to write. He
compiled a hymn book, and published sermons, devotional books and
an account of his visit to America in 1834, when he received a
Doctorate of Divinity from Yale. This biography of Reed, compiled
by two of his sons, was first published in 1863. It describes his
many achievements, using selections from Reed's own journals, and
includes a list of his publications.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Title: A narrative of the visit to the American churches: by the
deputation from the Congregational Union of England and
Wales.Author: Andrew ReedPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02714801CollectionID:
CTRG98-B2545PublicationDate: 18350101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Collation: 2 v.: folded map; 21 cm
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