Commercial Press English, and Chinse Prowouncing Dictionary. Fivst Editon, Siaughai, Printed wt the Gommereial Pros, 190:
This large and well-printed work contains in the D tionary proper, 833 pages, and comprises 100,000 words an" phrases, with translations, pronunciations, etymologies, definitions, i lustrations, ete.; also 4 c-pious index. "It is the most complete work of its kind, containing as it does many more words' and phrases than Lob-sche d's Dictionary, up-n which it is found. vd. The ever ine'eas ug number among the Chinese who are anxious to obtain Knowledge of the English language will find this volume a most useful wusiliary in their studies, rendering them efficient in that most difficult thing to acquire, especially for the Chinese a gued pronunciation of the English language. The three appendices at the ud of the volume will be found most useful. Some of the old familiar prov: rbs, quotations, and common sayings are searcely recognisable in their Chiness dress; the translati"n lis, however, in most cases been well and happily rendered. As this first edition one must n-t be hypercritical in the matter of minor defects, but. if a second edition is called for, as we doubt not will be the case, it will afford an opportunity for correcting the numerous typographical errors which have erept in. The p ice, $7 50, is remarkably low for such a large book.
The Traitur's Way, by 8. Levett- Yeats Longmans, Gre n Ca., Land-n and Hominy. Longwans's Colonial Library, This is a historical novel, with the scene nid in France at re stirring period, of the massiere of St. Bartholomew, and is full of exc ting events connected with the reliuious troubles of that period. The love tale that the author has woven with the decer prion of martial d: ings is well related, and scoves of an exciting nature follow each other quickly.
The motive of the tale is the unaecountable treachery of the principal character, and the shame he feels himself is well described, though it seems almost incvedible that the man who had for years been the trusty supporter of his party should have fallen away at the critical time when reliance on him was most valuable. The narrative is told in the first person, and forms a most interesting book to while away spare moments, The Hound -j the Baskervilles, by A. Covan Doyle. Longmans. Green and Ca., London and Bombay, 1902. Longmans's Colonial Library.
This is unqu-tionably one of the most powerfully written stories to which the
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