We have received from the Presbyterian Mission Press a neatly produced and interesting volume, a souvenir of the Press' seventieth birthday. The first American Presbyterian Mission press was set up in Macao in January, 184, in charge of Mr. Richard Cole, who had the assistance of one composi-for and two pressmen. A year later, the Press was removed to Ningpo and made proges there in spite of its being regarded with great suspicion by the Chinese authorities. Work was continued steadily duri ing many serious of which was the Taiping rebellion, and development was especially furthered by the unique and valuable services rendered by Mr. William Gamble, who appears to have played the role of a Caxton in China, Mr. Gamble took charge of the Press in 1858 and introduced the method of making matrices for Chinese type by the electrotype process, superseding many cumbersome plans formerly tried. The manufacture of Chinese fonts was much simplified, and the designing of "case" for the new type was another of Mr. Gamble's inventions contributing to still further progress.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.