APPENDIX. 601 



" view in making this collection, namely, the more general acquaintance in this country with 

 " whatever may be found curious or useful among the productions of the Chinese press, than by 

 " a respectful offer of the collection to the Royal Asiatic Society. 



" My wish is that it should be preserved entire, and placed in such a situation as may admit 

 " of it's being at all times readily accessible to the British and other students of Chinese literature 

 " who may frequent this metropolis, under such regulations as the Royal Asiatic Society may 

 '• deem it expedient to prescribe. 



'■ It is not in my power at present to offer to the Society an exact catalogue of the collection, 

 " but the enclosed memorandum will convey a general idea of its nature and extent. 



" I have the honour to be. Sir, 



" Your most obedient, humble servant, 

 " 19, Po>ila„d Place, f Signed J " Geo. Tho. Staunton." 



" March 20, 1823." 



Memorandum of a Collection of Chinese printed Books, presented to the Eoyal Asiatic 

 Society of Great Britain and Ireland by Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart, 

 V.P.R.A.S. 



Works. Vols. 



15. Class 1. — Ancient Literature or Classics of the Chinese : including those of 

 Confucius, and a Mantchoo Tartar translation of what are called the 

 Four Books » 198 



22. Class 2. — Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Works on Philology, viz. the Im- 

 perial Dictionary of Kang Hy ; Pronouncing Dictionaries ; Dictionaries 

 of Ancient and Obsolete Characters; Illustrations of Chinese Tones ; 

 Poetical Dictionary, similar to the " Gradits ad Parnassum;" Dictionary 

 of the Mantchoo Tartar Language ; Dialogues in Chinese and Mant- 

 choo, &c 436 



•23. Class ^.—Natural History and the Arts, viz. Treatises on Medicine, on 

 certain particular Diseases ; on Astronomy and Astrology ; on Plants and 

 Gardening; on Husbandry; on the Art of Drawing; on Weaving and 

 Ploughing ; on the Art of War ; on the Discoveries of Europeans ; also 

 Herbals, Almanacks, &c 232 



17. Class 4,.— Travels, and Books of Geography, viz. General Topography of 

 China ; particular Accounts of the Provinces of Canton, of Pekin, of the 

 Island of Hay-nan; of the Districts watered by the Yellow River ; of the 

 Tourgouths, of Thibet ; of Maritime and other Foreign Nations, &c. ... 270 



23. Class 5.— Modern Poetry, Plays, and Novels, viz. Poems composed on 

 public occasions, in celebration of Imperial Festivals ; Poems by Can- 

 didates for Prizes or Degrees ; Collections of Plays of the First Tartar 

 Dynasty; Modern Plays now acting ; Novels founded on Historical or 

 interesting Domestic Facts, in illustration of the Passions : Moral Tales 



for the instruction of Youth, &c '^^'^ 



9. Class 6.— History and Biography, viz. General History of the Empire ; 

 Vol. I. -l I 



