The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-25

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yielding otltwardly6 to the pressure 9of his
environment, but 81 the inner man AZ
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lated from the rest Of the world. III
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home IS ib most imterest Ing IS tyd%,,3 am
concerned lat preseiit ina y,
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TWO very important fact 3si bout Al the
EChinnmunS are constantly ignored q One iisi
TINT The Chinese 0nrc s;l rn a'ld u of ~ a
mutton, IN the SENSE iii vi lei, We Use tllc
ma +, III not al native Off The opics.
Chinese re no q ma loli73 y.
brought home to the traveller In China n IL
ver 4 tep III his Spfogress tllroug u the
Ii Country d, Inst he first place, the or1.%%
Language inS China ticliIE Is .tild erst God
#bypeoplc from the Sdi fferent5 prov inces as
Tie AfnndarliiFdln1ect: but this Us the lam
Il gtlage 81 officia,uoIn. and Is sunderslocd In
hts written form by less tllan 4 five par
cen \, Of the Peep e. s8Ss
s3s The eight principal dialects ofsS china:
are,sitl the order OF tielrtgantlquit Can
n tornse 81 Haklu, s1 i,1oy. swa tow. lain
Snlcse Shan CHAT Nillgl,o nd alfl
I,,$susi,1g the word n dialect is We ~
necessary to understand that the differ
d cncc II between The dialects Is not hat
which exists between Tho speech Of I he
4 cs,ckleyg aud thnt OF lie Yorksitren,ar,i
u or8; that which we Observe be tween 81 l,n$S
English OF IL Scot Gilman and the Eng = shf
of INV n 5f Colorado inlncr ~ 81
cnces IN Chinese dialects are 9 item as Isl
grea as II he difference be tween he &c *
man language and the taiin q. l385
r.E yer Ball. 3a member OF 4 be Hong
Kong civil service, IN u is useful books
3s..rhngs Chnose.,'S say So many are, are
NJ changes II, the Ian qua 3of5ss China I'M
tia N nj said Tint every hundred
miles the languag 81 d ffers to q more or
Icss materia Nj ten I'll some. pln ces
does 20 every Wcnty ics-a ID Xxx rouEh
u estimate has been mad that here rs
& 81 nn ], y dialects In China aa ere are
days In the yea ~
u there no Of Pr con 81
s,.lcredss II IL obylons TINT. wi til m Scolrl-
non lang tiage, the Chinese ople ca ~ y
possess hose features Of social cofle s!on,8