Ching Tan Hutung, Poking. 32 4 copy or $16 per annuity This is a now publication purporting to deal with the arts and Jeratis of China." 1 isa monthly magazine, obviously "designed foster what might' be culled the Foking curio trade, and as such will be welcomed "bya section of. the public interested in Chinese oh ete ert_and antiquities, It contains merous sastrations, mainly from Photographs of specimens. collection of the National Museum, Peking. The Chairman of the Board of Ditectors of this new venture ix stated to be Ht K. Fung, 2S, M8. PD, National Museum of Peking. Ite' Editor is Mr. He.
Hellfeid. In the first namber Mr, Hardy Jowett riven a "Fore: [wotd" explaining the raison deter lof the magazine and its objects, ons Jof which "he says is "to open the jmuscums to visitors." It "will real be a School of Art," he con tinues, "and will as time goes on, gradually become an authentic ree cord of the priceless treasures con fined within the walls, the exhibition buildings'
The idea is a good one, magazine may well develop into. a thoroughly' useful publication. 'The printing and general get up, when compared with modern avt publica tions, leave something to be desired, Dut we must take into consideration its place of origin and not be too exacting' on thi other tarning out to be correct. Tt true that the theory of coin: evidence would at times require. to be overworked, if that could be the only explanation, ut in. practices which afford such an ample field for fraud, where so many of the in Yestigators are anxiously eredulou to find something which may. serve to bolster up their preconceived ideas, evidence of the most positive nature must be accepted with very considerable caution, Tu view of the large sums of money made by many of these professional mediums and the ready Ress of 40 many of these psychic, asearchers to find personal ap-Plications in the most general ontencos it is a little diffeult to believe that fraud, conscious or un-Gonseious, docs not enter largely into the whole business. But the oes further. Dealing with the famous medium—Valiantine who, according to the author, gave Some most remarkable seances and obtained astonishing results, eventually discovered that he is an Imposter, that in attempts to obtain the spirit finger prints of the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, examples are obtained that are at first, be-Moved to be satisfactory. But it ix Aater found that the prints have a Tory close resemblance to an impres gion taken of the medivm's big toe, Later, when conditions made {t try actual improvement in its price f seen. It is since Toa, for maintaining the fabric of, that "the Fengtienpiae "has become Sk Particularly "unstable, for' in peace has brought sings to Indi is Increase "of one Bf the main eauven' of eon depreciation of the Fengtie When ft 1s conatdered that this Una wen "Sroned Un aeeh tte reduce for export. Whett the Suet
Pression of the Chinese in Man: it] churia and of the grave difieulties which the Japanese have ex: nonced in that country, it will be agreed that the case has by no means been overstated. If when an agreement is come to between the Japanese and the Chinese in. Ma Put the currency system' on Ghyrin, some effort can be made'to sound basis, the troubles of the last few months may be said eventually to have been turned to good recount for the benefit of a long-suffering people Ea,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.