1927 old CHINA MARYKNOLL GUANGDONG LOTING BANDITS Vol2

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MARYKNOLL MISSION LETTERS - CHINA, Volume 2. Published in 1927 by Macmillan Company. Extracts from the letters and diaries of the pioneer missioners of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America. Contents include: preface, introduction, part 1 - the fourth year in Maryknoll's Orient - China revisited, the hold-up problem, Chiklung's missioner, Bishop Gathier's early missions, the hill country, stony soil in bandit land, Maryknolls in Hong Kong; part 2 - all Maryknoll in China revisited - Catholic sisters at Yeungkong, a year of Chinese militarism, works of mercy, along the West River; part 3 - some Maryknoll firsts - Mother Mary Joseph's first visitation, a first close-up of Chinese villagers, first experiences with earthquake, new Maryknoll missions, the close of the first period; part 4 - the prefecture apoltolic of Kongmoon - the erection of the prefecture, w the flocks are scattered, news from the outposts, a lean year at Yeungkong, opening up the new fields, Sancian Island, first report of the prefecture of Kongmoon. With 33 photographs, including frontispiece showing the missioners arriving, plus the harbor of Hong Kong, Loting rice fields, in the Chiklung area, a Kochow pagoda, pagan temples in Kochow, Yeungkong on the Yeungkong River, interior of chapel at Yeungkong, pagan neighbors at Wuchow, a Christian mother and read more

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