The gilds of China, with an account of the gild merchant or Co-hong of Canton
In first approaching the subject treated in this booklet, my intention was to write a review article which should compare and contrast the organisation and working of gilds in China and in the Western world. My writing soon over-ran the space which any review editor could grant to such a subject; and I found, moreover, that the information at my disposal on Chinese gilds was mainly in the shape of matériel pour servir, and that, properly speaking, no analysed account of the gild system was available. -- Preface
Print Book, English, 1909
Longmans, Green, London, 1909