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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS, We have received a copy of the Translation of the Peting Gazette for 1875, reprinted from the North-China Herald, and published at the office of that paper, Shanghai. This work, which has now been published for several years, is always useful for reference, being an excellent compendium of Chinese official proceedings, but the present volume especially valuable, because it contains 20 much matter of unusual interest. The whole series of edicts in connection with the death of the Emperor Tung-chi and his Imperial Consort, together with the appointment of the Empresses Dowager as Regents during the minority of the present Emperor appeated during the year, and will well repay a second perusal, as throwing light on the manners of the Chinese Court. During the year, too, the presence of foreigners in china has been, for the firet time, noticed officially in the Gazetie. One of the conditions exacted by Sir Thomas Wade, during the late negotiations on the Yunnan Out was that the leading features of those negotations should be published) and the real position of foreigners in the counts Fecognised. "The appointment of Li Han-chang as High Commissioner to investigate the crime; his first report after arriving at Yunnan-fe ith certain edicts on the treaty privileges of foreigners, and placing on fter footing the relations of Foreign Mi isters with the beads of the Chief Departments of State at Peking are to be found in pages of this handy little book. Its value further enhanced this year by an ay per of the Chinese Imperial family, together with in which is given a genealogical table an interesting comm upon it, explana and the rules of adoption and succession oh: atory of the rather intricate relationsbiy
served. Theee volumes are records of important events—the one for the present year cular) should find a Place shelves of every one who takes an interest in Chinese questions. The volume {or 1875 is uniform with the rest of the series, is legibly printed on good paper, and neatly got up.
ily Prose, We hav lications for previous years, and is of the translations of the Gazette that from time to time in the North-China News. Tt affords a large amount of enter 1g matter for those interested in and is exceedingly valuable on the history of the Middle Kingdom. As is pointed out in the preface, the Peking Gazette, during the last year, gave publicity to many documents of Unusual interest and mmportaice, The death and obsequies of the Kmperor, the election of a successor, the self-appointment of the Enmpresses Dowager as Hegents during the minority of the child, the Yunnan affair, and other events of serious political import to the country, are described with and curious minuteness in the volume under notice, At the end of the book is given a genealogical table of the Imperial Family—Okina Matt We acknowledge with thanks a copy of the most interesting and valuable publication we have received for some time—the Peling Gazelle translations for 1875, reprinted from
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