Excerpt from Central Asia and Tibet, Vol. 1: Towards the Holy City of Lassa Dr. Stein is to be congratulated upon having exposed the scandalous fabrication of ancient mss. Which for a time went on wholesale in Khotan. Fortunately he discovered it before more serious or more mischievous results were able to ensue. I ought perhaps to state that the reasons why I so seldom advert to the travels of my predecessors and contemporaries in the same parts of the world have not been either forgetfulness or want of due recognition ...
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Excerpt from Central Asia and Tibet, Vol. 1: Towards the Holy City of Lassa Dr. Stein is to be congratulated upon having exposed the scandalous fabrication of ancient mss. Which for a time went on wholesale in Khotan. Fortunately he discovered it before more serious or more mischievous results were able to ensue. I ought perhaps to state that the reasons why I so seldom advert to the travels of my predecessors and contemporaries in the same parts of the world have not been either forgetfulness or want of due recognition of them; but simply because my own materials have been so voluminous that the requisite space has been wanting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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