in Peking was briefly sketched; its origin among the younger members of the Hanlin College, and its objects; the mistake made in not inviting theconcurrence of any Manchus, as these, though often possessed of adminis trative had "usually but little literary ability; and_ the consequent suspicions excited in official circles, resulting in the Club being denounced by 2 prominent Censor and commanded by the Emperor to dissolve; though this same Censor has since abandoned his hostile attitude, and the Reform Club has been resuscitated, under the direction of a former tutor of the Emperor; which new element in the Club had, however, rather chilled the
gressive Hanlins, to whose reforming zeal ardour of. those otmger and more pro-its inception was due. The lecturer's method of making and extending his Hanlin College, the high officials, extending acquaintance among the members of the ultimately to most of the members of the Great Council, and even to Prince Kun; himself, was most interestingly sketched: Prince Kung being shown to have proved himself far more accessible to a stranger whose sole claim to attention was his bolag a real friend and well-wisher to China, than, eq, any European Chancellor would probably be to any such outsider not vouched for and introduced by the diplomatic representative of his country.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.