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—o-a-m—Ju-76) 2 novel features, which will we imagin enhance. its value to, both the gener poe and to students—viz. a complete index, and a print of the article from the pen of Mr. the China Revie As the form F, Mayers, published some time since in it esses but one defeet—that of not 28:
sed alphabetically. Thereprinted article, on the other hand, furnishes. most useful information, and though readers of the China Review will be familiar with its contents, we may be pardoned if, for the sake of others, we ole one of the facts it mentions a8 to the would spear that "Court announcements,"
munity of the "father of newspapers." It
virtually i, were sued in the eighth century, such the Peking Gazette of the ne record of the appointment of one Han ed in this form not later than the a 741. The Gazette (we need hardly say that the English title is not literal translation of the original, which should be Metropolitan Announcements") would therefor pear to be at least over 1130 years old. This as times go is respectable; and as its circle of readers must, at the received calculation, be directly. and indirectly somewhat about six millions, it. can probably claim a circulation before which even that of the leading penny paper must pale. But fancy what possibilities would. present themselves to Western enterprize with one. journal which published official news at.
millions of people able to read, and only. first band. The particalare gt liven as to the printing, &c,, of the Gazelle are very interest ing, and the proprietors of the volume under notice have done wisely in reprinting Mr Mayers' article. Such a work if continued some day be of incalculable value to. historians; while the issues already published contain even light reading enough to amuse those to whom Chinese matters are as a rule "translation of the "Peking Gazette for 1874,"
We beg to acknowledge the receipt. of the issued from the W.-C. Herald office. This have been published by the N.-0. Daily News, work is a reprint of the translations. which
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.