Wo have received from the publishers (The Commercial Press of Shanghai, Peking, Hankow, ote., etc.) a copy of An English Grammar (Including Grammatical Analysis) Explained in Chinese," the trait of the labours of the well-known scholar and literate, the Expectant Taotai Yen Fu, (who styles himself in this book "Julin Khedan Yon-Fuh"). The book shows much careful labour and research,—the desire of the author being to bring from out of the auceint literary stores of China analogical terms to fit in, wherever possible, with English ideas embodied in words. Fron: the very nature of the work it can only be understood by the more advanced student, that is to say, the scholar who is equally' at home in' his English and his Chinese of the class above the general average of school boys, Tei more suited to the intellect gad scholarly experience of one who wishes to understand and delve into the
orthography of English Classics, but to technique of English Grammer and the the ordinary Chinese student of English with a couple of years' attendance at school it is to be feared that the work will be "too deep" for any practical purposes.
The book is divided into eighteen chapters which fill some 240 Pages; it is neatly bound and the letter press is clear and easily adaptable to the eyes of old as well as young. On the whole this " Eng. lish Grammar Explained in Chinese" reflects much credit both upon the labours of an erudite and painstaking scholar and the enterprise of the publishers, We may add in conclusion that Taotai Yen Fu who, by the way, is now on the translating staff of the Waiwupu, and well-known to the foreign
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.