Early Relations between the United States and China. 189 



torical. New York, 1845. Vol. I, Article I. Sketch of the 

 Commercial Intercourse of the World with China. Pp. 118-120 

 of this are a brief summary of the American trade with Canton, 

 but are not very good. 



In Boston Public Library. 

 IRELAND, ALLEYNE. 



China and the Powers. Chapters in the History of Chinese 

 Intercourse with Western Nations. Boston, 1902. 



Pages 40-45 give a brief resume of American relations before 

 1844, but nothing new is brought out. 



In Essex Institute. 

 IRVING, WASHINGTON. 



Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky 

 Mountains. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1836. 



This is the fullest and most widely known history of Astor s 

 project. 

 JETER, J. B. 



Memoir of Mrs. Henrietta Shuck, the First American Female 

 Missionary to China. Boston, 1846. 



This is more of a eulogy than a critical biography. 

 KIMBALL, GERTRUDE SELWYN. 



The East India Trade of Providence. Providence, 1896. 



Number 6 in the Papers from the Historical Seminar of 

 Brown University, edited by J. Franklin Jameson. 



Miss Kimball makes an extensive use of the newspapers of the 

 times, and of various local manuscript sources. 

 L., H. E. 



On the Trade of the United States of North America with 

 China. In Analectic Magazine, Nov., 1819, pp. 359-366. 



This is a brief sketch, rather overdrawn, compiled from con 

 versations with various persons engaged in the trade. 

 LANMAN, JAMES H. 



The American Fur Trade. In Hunt s Merchant Magazine,. 

 Sept., 1840, 3: 185. 



This is a readable magazine sketch, but has no great historical 

 value. 



LAUT, A. C. 



Vikings of the Pacific. The Adventures of the Explorers who- 



