The Mirror Of Kong Ho

by Ernest BRAMAH (1868 - 1942)

Letter 13 – Concerning a state of necessity… etc

The Mirror Of Kong Ho

This 1905 tongue-in-cheek book is ostensibly the letters of a dutiful son to his Chinese father describing his encounter with and experience of Western civilization in late nineteenth century London. The author is delightfully humorous. - Summary by david wales


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Letter 14 – Concerning a pressing invitation from an ever benevolently-disposed father… etc