we have to chronicle is the departure of the Rev. W. E. and Mrs. Soothill, for England, for " well-earned furlough. We hope that before his return another addition to the staff of the Methodist Free Church Mission will be made, more particularly in the medical work. The best wishes of the community go with them; and on the part of many, here and elsewhere, thanks for that mon useful little book, the Student's Four Thou-zand, a vade-mecum to those who are trying to master Chinese character.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.