Loxpow, Sept, 18th, 1874.
In the Academy of Sept, 12, Professor Robert K. Douglas, formerly of H. M.'s Consulate at Tientsin, and now of the British Museum, appears as the reviewer of "Zo Li-sao; podme de 111me siecle avant "notre dre; traduit clu Chinois, accom-"pagne dun commentaire perpetual, et "public avec lo text original par lo Marqui @Hervey de Saint-Denys Mr. Douglas of Lo Li-sao, he observes, after going som what into detail and falling foul of M. de int-Denys on one or two points, that as specimen of the ancient poetry of the Chinese, the translation before us is well worthy of perusal. Judged by a European standard, the intrinsic merits of the poem are small. But apart from its poetic value, a certain amount of interest naturally attaches to a work which has, as the copious notes supplied by the Marquis abundantly prove, attracted the attention of Chinese scholars and comment tators for more than twenty centuries." In the course of his review, Mr. Douglas shews unmistakably that his own notions of the correct method of expressing Chinese characters in English letters are of a very hazy nature, but I suppose a
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