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i cplanationfl arc not clear, such as the word chow 

 The reader dors not gather what is meant to be conveyed 

 ; , .,,- fdea of the origin of chow. 



■ pleasure to handle this fine volume and the publisher 

 , iri ,l mthi i are to be heartily congratulated. M. 



Les Grottes de Touen-Houang. Tome quatrieme Grottes 111 a 120 N. 



Paris, Librairie Paul Geuthner, 1921. Price 75 fr. 

 The firet three volumes of this handsome work were reviewed in 

 Vol. 52 of this Journal, pp. 226-227. The high praise accorded by the 

 reviewer to those volumes may equally be given to the fourth. Apart 

 from its historical interest, its production is a work of art. When 

 we think of the difficulties that had to be overcome in getting these 

 photographs the results are marvellous? The Publisher has done his 

 work well and the volume will be a constant testimony to the craft- 

 manship of those who produced this work. The letterpress is very 

 ly awaited, for without the exposition and the explanations of 

 M. Pelliot, the full benefit of these representations of Buddhist art 

 will not be available to the public. When this does appear many 

 promise themselves the pleasure of a serious study of these pictures. 

 Tome Quatrieme contains Table des Planches 193-256. 



Arts and Art Crafts of Ancient China. By the Literary Department 

 of the American Woman's Club, Shanghai. Printed by the 

 Presbyterian Mission Press. 

 The Literary Department of the American Woman's Club under the 

 able Chairmanship of Mrs. H. A. Wilbur arranged a most inter- 

 esting program for the Season 1920-1921. The papers read before 

 the Department have now been printed, and thus preserved, for future 

 reference, a very wise proceeding when one considers their scope, 

 and the amount of serious study which, of necessity, preceeded their 

 compilati( n. 



A -lance at the index shows that the study has been well directed 

 and the subjects throughly divided. A delightful little Introduction, 

 by the Chairman, opens the book and is followed by "The Cowherd 

 tnd the Weaving Maiden," a well known Chinese legend translated 

 lr. Charles Kliene, f.r.g.s. and then the papers appear. These 

 comprise; six on painting, covering the period from early T'ang to 

 Ming ; five on Architecture, treating of the temples on Omei Shan, 

 T«ai Shan, and l> u Tu Shan, of Guild-halls and Domestic architecture; 



