The Middle Kingdom : a survey of the geography, government, literature, social life, arts, and history of the Chinese empire and its inhabitants
The Middle Kingdom is a general survey of China's geography, government, literature, social life and history, written by American sinologist Samuel Wells Williams and published in New York by Scribner's in 1907 for a Western readership. Its pictures are engraved scenes of Chinese workers and street life, plus a formal portrait of a seated man in robes, offering a designer period reference for figures, clothing, and rural trades.
