Unpossessed of any recent statis-ties it is impossible for an upcountry dweller to estimate how long it will be before the steps of the Shanghai Museum will have to he renewed by reason of the attrition of the feet of thronging crowds, One can only surz this subject. And the famous journal whose nticth birthday we are celebrating deals not surmises but well-attested—facts.
This is abundantly realized by many Chinese editors copiously from its ¢ Their acknowledgement is expressed by quoting its Chinese name, which?s Fore:
of Literature Gazette Ee. of this term reminds us of an interesting fact, namely, that despite all the up-to-dateness of ain parts known to the average Western resident, China itself is a veritable museum of antiquities.
The term "Forest of Literature"
least 1500 years old, for 419 A.D. was the closing year of the Chin Gin) dynasty during which a n author chose that title for his cyclopedic work; thus giving currency to the term for the titles of other books of the T'ang (618-906) and Sung (960-1196) dynasties.
"Phe Chinese name for your firm, riy dear sir, may he an" antiquity sold as that. At any rate, my dear madam, the signboard name of the Chinese' shop where you purchased your last trinket (of course for ready money) is pretty sure to he an antiquity, in this vast museum of four hundred million visitors.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.