'We acknowledge from the Presbyterian Mission Press a copy of the Kuan Hua Chih Nan, or " Marinera' Compass to the Mandarin Dialect," by MIN, Keita Goh ud Nagakuni Tei, of the Imperial Japanese Legation, Peking. The facility with which oung Japanese acquire the Chines spoken language—tho written is already familiar to them—must be a source of much friendly jealousy on the part of European students, The Japanese, indeed, have opportunities for the acquisition of Chinese that are certainly most exceptional. They mix with officials, visit in private families, and attend restaurants and theatres in a way which Europeans seldom dream of, and the consequence is that a quick-cured youth pick up idioms and p) twice as rapidly as a European beginner, poring over the studied phraseology of the sit Erh Chi and listening to the hack. noyed explanations of his teacher. Kéita Goh, with the ce-operation of
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