Each succeeding number of "The China Journal" maintains a very high standard of interest and rtructivencss. That for August is especially noteworthy in. this respect. Mr. A. de C. Sowerby writes tertainingty on tite politics-economic aspect of Cathay, under the caption "The Industrial Potent Wong, while R. H, Lefover's and its is replete with interest. A "Note on Perspecti Chinese Painting," by Benjamin March will attract the artists, while on the scientific side there are a num-bor of learned treatises. News of, the kennel and the: garden, and the: usual educational and other notes complete an excellent number.
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