A History of Chinese Literature

A History of Chinese Literature is an English history of Chinese literature written by Herbert Giles, and published in 1901.In his preface, Giles claims that such a work of history was not already available, even in Chinese. Excerpt from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_Chinese_Literature Hint: You can preview this book by clicking on "Preview" which is located under the cover of this book. About the author: Herbert Allen Giles (8 December 1845 – 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat, sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at Cambridge University for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade–Giles Chinese romanisation system. Excerpt from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Giles