We have received a copy of the Asiatic Society's Journal for 1871 and 1872; and have pleasure in welcoming it as an interesting contribution to our knowledge of China. The first three papers, occupying together more than a third of the volun give valuable information regarding th Tittle known island of Hainan. Mr, Mayers, in the first, writes a Historical and Statistical sketch; and Mr. Swin-hoe, in the second and' third, contributes fan account of the Aborigines, and a narra tive of the Exploring visit which he puld the island in February last year. Art, iv. is by Mz. Stent, on 'Chinese Lyrics," and Arty, by Me, Kingsmill, on The Mythical Origin of the Chow' Dynasty." Mr. Moule, in Art. vi., translates extracts from the preface to 'Tseng-kwo-fan's edition of Euclid, in which' the obligations of China to' Europe in the matter of Physical Science are recognised. Art, vii, isn Sketch by Mr, Watters, of the Life a Works of Han Yi, a scholar who flonshed during the'Tang dynasty. The papers by Mr. Stent on ' Chinese Legends," and by Mr, Thompson on "The Antiquities of Cambodia," are fresh in our recollection; as also "Articles xi. and xii., by Dr. Mao-Gowan, on "The Chinese Uso of Shad in Consumption," and on The Mutton Wine of the Mongols." M, Armand David contributes a valuable and concise paper (Art. x.) on "The Natural History of. Northern and Western China"; and' the volume closes with the usual Retrospect of the two years (71 & 72) that have intervened since the publication of the last journal—does not quite close, however; for there is still another interesting record, of Meteorolouical Observations" taken by the Committee formed for that purpose in the Spring of last year.
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Annual Record of Science and Industry, for 1871," by Spencer F. Baird—Harper and Brothers.—Judging froma paragraph which has caught our eye at P. 160, this book seems to contain an especially readable and interesting ¢ollection of facts. We quote in full
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