Excerpt from Discoveries in Chinese; Or the Symbolism of the Primitive Characters of the Chinese System of Writing: As a Contribution to Philology and Ethnology and a Practical Aid in the Acquisition of the Chinese Language
The following work, though complete in itself, is but a specimen of a larger work, at one time contemplated by me, which should extend to all the Primitive Chinese Characters, including Clefs and Phonetics, and which may be resumed at some future period, should the demand appear to exist. The consideration of the very small number of persons hitherto interested in Chinese Literature, the great expensiveness of the necessary woodcuts to illustrate my views, and chiefly a predominating interest in other branches of philological investigation on my own part, diverted my attention from the original plan.
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