At that early date, specimens of foreign art were not only imported into China. but mere also copied by Chinese painters, The policy of the Jesuit missionary it appears, was to impress the minds of the people by means of artistic decoration of the diarcher, especially This was the case when Chri introduced into Japan, where Xavier had already bronghta picture of the Madonna, In 1562 five diarches are mentioned as being adorned with paintings, most of which were ordered from Portogal. The specimen plates la the work before us are well reproduced; they are' quaint not to say grotesque As regards the identification of the subjects represented in these pictures, the author modestly explains that be makes no claim to be regarded as a cilia in the history of European art, has diligently consulted the few w lable that touch on the cal that his explanstior preliminary suggestions which should be rectified by experts, The brochure will be valued by there students who delight to make excursions into the by-paths of Chinese lore and literature.
Mr. Clayton Ledgwick Cooper, recent number of " The Centary," writ
tores are being distribut inspiring account of how the Serip- Am and Japan. Last year, hi were 1,900 college mer voluntary Bible classes in Japan, and 2,100 men enrolled in required or corricalam Bible-stady courses. If stndeate included in high schools were added the total would be 4,000 young men and 600 young women students in voluntary classes in the Empire. In Chins the writer saw over 3,000 students enrol themselves in Bible groups. In Kores he found thousands of people learning to read solely by the uso of the Bible, which ix the only English book fally translated, and the only one that the majority of the people can read and understand. He mentions that 30,600 Government schools in China are revolutionizing their educational work upon models farnished by the Occident.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.