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The Red Miriok: Shan Folk Lore Stories

by Annie Maria Barnes

2019-06-12 22:17:39

Korea has been called the "Hermit Nation," as of all nations Tibet alone has exceeded it in repulsing foreign influences. Only in 1882 did the United States secure a treaty, and that opened the country to foreign trade only in the capital, Seoul, and ... Read more
Korea has been called the "Hermit Nation," as of all nations Tibet alone has exceeded it in repulsing foreign influences. Only in 1882 did the United States secure a treaty, and that opened the country to foreign trade only in the capital, Seoul, and three ports. But in this treaty Korea was treated with as an independent State, and its people are distinct from either Chinese or Japanese and well repay study and missionary labors. This little story is one of the first to present this slightly known land and its customs, and therefore deserves special attention from all who are interested in the Christianizing of Oriental nations. Less

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File size3586.725 KB
Print pages250
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2010-09-04
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781120995155,
Annie Maria Barnes (pen name, Cousin Annie; May 28, 1857 - ?) was a 19th-century American journalist, editor, and author from South Carolina. At the age of eleven, she wrote an article for the Atlanta...

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