The Life of Taou-Kwang, Late Emperor of China - With Memoirs of the Court of Peking; Including a Sketch of the Principal Events in the History of the Chinese Empire During the Last Fifty Years #246206

While this work was passing through the press, the mournful intelligence of the death of its distinguished Author reached this country.<br><br>Dr. Gutzlaff died at Victoria Hong Kong, on the 9th of August 1851, at the age of forty-eight of dropsy, preceded by an attack of rheumatic gout.<br><br>The Publishers, being desirous of prefixing to this posthumous publication a memoir of its Author, applied to his friend Sir George Staunton (to whom the work is dedicated), for some particulars of the Author's life; they also addressed one of the executors of Dr. Gutzlaff on the subject, and were favoured by these gentlemen with such materials as were available for the purpose.