elegant surroundings

PAVILION AND GARDENS OF A MANDARIN, NEAR PEKING Cover Image: Pavilion and Gardens of a Mandarin, near Peking / BeiJing China / Drawn by T. Allom Engraved by A.Willmore – ALAMY Image ID:2X4BD2T *A government official’s luxurious mansion in the suburbs of Beijing. “In marble-paved pavilion, where a springOf living water from the centre…