Negotiations for the purchase of the late. Me. Li" Sheng-to's famous Chinese library' by the, Ministry. of Education in Nanking are proceeding smoothly, and. there is every hope aireement being reached fore long, according to Information from local Chinese" educational cles, "according to "a" Reuter message from Peiping.
"The library, consisting of over 5,000 Chinese books, including many tare manuscripts, 1s, valued at" $1,000,000, Mr, Li Sheng-to, the owner of the collection, was @ well known Chinese scholar and had held many important posts under the Manche, including that of Chinese Minister to Japan and England. He died in Tentsin. last
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