Under the editorship of Mr. ¥. W. Wong, the Commercial Press is pubishing a collection of classical studies which covers the period from 1201 to 1897, The selection of material has been based primarily upon rarity and practical use. The original hun= dred sets consist of over 8,000 volumes, while the present collection has but'one thousand volumes, to be published in five semi-annual instalments, The titles are to be arranged according to Wong's system for the uniform classification of Chinese and. foreign books. Reference catalogues will be provided.
The collection is to be classified into General, Special and District Groups. The General Group comprises two seriesTf the Sung dynasty, twenty-one sories of the Ming dynasty and Afty-seven series of the Ching dynasty. The Special Group covers canonical works, history, language, geography, bibliography," medicine, art and military science, The District Group comprises four series each of the provincial and district sub-groups.
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