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10. _Sc.r.a.ps from a Collector's Note-book_, by F. Hirth.

Chiefly devoted to notes on painters of the present dynasty, 1644- 1905, with twenty-one reproductions of famous pictures, forming a complementary supplement to No. 9.

11. _Religions of Ancient China_, by H. A. Giles.

A short account of the early wors.h.i.+p of one G.o.d, followed by brief notices of Taoism, Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Mahommedanism, and other less well-known faiths which have been introduced at various dates into China.

12. _Chinese Characteristics_, by the Rev. Arthur Smith, D.D.

A humorous but at the same time serious examination into the modes of thought and springs of action which peculiarly distinguish the Chinese people.

13. _Village Life in China_, by the Rev. Arthur Smith.

The scope of this work is sufficiently indicated by its t.i.tle.

14. _China under the Empress Dowager_, by J. O. Bland, and E. Backhouse.

An interesting account of Chinese Court Life between 1860 and 1908, with important sidelights on the Boxer troubles and the Siege of the Legations in 1900.

15. _The Imperial History of China_, by Rev. J. Macgowan.

A short and compact work on a subject which has not been successfully handled.

16. _Indiscreet Letters from Peking_, by B. Putnam Weale.

Though too outspoken to meet with general approbation, this work is considered by many to give the most faithful account of the Siege of the Legations, as seen by an independent witness.

17. _Buddhism as a Religion_, by H. Hackmann, Lic. Theol.

A very useful volume, translated from the German, showing the various developments of Buddhism in different parts of the world.

18. _Chuang Tzu_, by H. A. Giles.

A complete translation of the writings of the leading Taoist philosopher, who flourished in the fourth and third centuries B.C.

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