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Literature and Culture 　　Looking for William Edward Soothill： Missionary and Modem China 　　Shen Jia | New Star Press Co Ltd | ?48.00 | Mar 2013 | ISBN 978-7513310871 　　William Edward Soothill， British， was a Methodist missionary to China who later became Professor of Chinese literafure at Oxford University and a leading British sinologist. Soothill’s experiences can be regarded as the epitome of the most turbulent periods of China during the late 1900s to the early 2000s， and his name is closely related to many celebrities in Chinese history such as Hu Shi and Cai Yuanpei. 　　Soothill had s