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title: 'The Analytical Reader: A Short Method for Learning to Read and Write Chinese'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'William Alexander Parsons Martin'
date: 1897-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Dictionary, Grammar, and Foreign Languages'
- 'Foreign Missions'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Matthew 3'
- 'Matthew 24'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/martin-1897-the-analytical-reader-a-short-method-for-learning-to-read-and-write-chinese
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# The Analytical Reader: A Short Method for Learning to Read and Write Chinese

1897 missionary manual for learning Chinese. Presents a practical method: selected common characters, Peking pronunciation, frequency analysis, texts, exercises and school use.

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