leniaien, Siento "Velde, Thre, nant of the tal! ce ote belle he Jas 'Weeq September 1936 the Allas' was completed. In November the second part was out of the press, covering the Years 1926-29; and now, according to the. schedule, is ready the last part, covering the years 1030-33 and' the tables. "The many photographs illustrating the book are finely repro-{2 duced and the edition is limited. 10 1600 copies. In the last part the "vas author "announces that during the printing of this publication he has made three new Journeys, two Shansi (1934-5) and one in' Shantung (1930), the reports of which he intends to publish annually, delaying them for three years in order fo work out the results of his ex-editions, With this volume comes the completion of the great "Comptes Rendus de Onze Années." The period feeverod may be termed the "climb facterie" years of North-China, evident from the summary.
Not only has Father Licent collected important natural history data, but he has found numerous sites of considerable archaeological interest, apparent when. the developed lables are gone through. After three [concordances there is an analytic Isble In which are registered no less than 22 references for the Palseolithie and 150 for the Neolithic civilizations, with many indications of Thistorieal places. All this material is Jor will be available in special pub-Meations."" The author "enumerates with gratitude at least 240 missionary whose help was most valuable to him. The secret of is success ies the enthusiastic ce-operation of s0 many collaborators, although to Father Licent goes the honour of having in so able'a manner collected Jand developed the results of these
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