Actually the cover that I was looking at was this one.. My beads look like the ones that are in the bottom left hand corner of the photo, second sweep of beads from the outer ones. And I did receive a message from Dr. Liu.. He said it would be hard to tell without actually seeing them, but that they are most likely Chinese from the 19th c. But beads from this period are hard to pin down. And suggested looking online for value and reading his article in the 36/4 volume of Ornament.
So my sentiments as to age were validated.. True value, well that remains to be seen. Many thanks to everyone who replied.. Now I'll have to get out my other mystery strand of beads that I inherited from my Grandmother LOL ;0)