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met with on the coast of China. The drawings are printed on Japanese 

 handmade vellum and bound in quaint and artistic paper boards. 

 It was a happy thought of Mr. Donnelly to share his interest in Junks 

 with the public. He has offered a view of these under various aspects 

 and in different conditions. It is doubtful whether a steamer with its 

 tall and massive strength adds beauty to the scenery : but there is no 

 more beautiful sight than to see a long string of Chinese boats sailing 

 before the wind. They add much to the beauty of the scenery. All 

 the junks drawn for us belong to the trading or fisheries class, some of 

 the latter being deep sea, some longshore fishers. They also represent 

 somewhat different types of construction. It would be interesting to 

 find out the reasons for the varieties of style, whether they come from 

 climatic and other conditions or whether they owe their idiosyncracies 

 to regional taste. 



Here w T e may study junks to our heart's content. We have them 

 in full dress or mere barebones : sails furled and unfurled. Some of 

 these sails are represented as entire, others as ragged — as the picture 

 should be. In the sails of the Santuao Trader the rents have very 

 systematic and symmetrical lines. Mr. Donnelly must have sketched 

 some from the deck of a steamer : others in port. He has been very 

 successful not only with the junks but also with his seas. 



The Isle of Palms. Sketches of Hainan. M. M. M. Editor. 



A reader of this book w T ill know something of Hainan. It is not a 

 large book, and it only wears paper covers, but it is a book full of 

 information. The ethnologist, anthropologist, historian, and the more 

 general student will here find a fund of information. It is most 

 interestingly written and everything pertaining to the small island is 

 given without waste of words. Written primarily to give an account 

 of the w^ork of the A. P. Mission it has developed into a succinct 

 account of the island and the people. The small island has mountains 

 rising 6.0C0 feet high. The climate is peculiar. "It does not rain, 

 for it cannot ; the air is so saturated with moisture that no rain could 

 come through it." "You find the clothes divested in the evening very 

 clammy in the morning." In March and April the monsoons begin to 

 blow and give great dryness." The island is a place "of magnificent 

 trees, dainty ferns, fragrant flowers, and delicious fruits." "Foxes are 

 common visitors to the basket coops, so the natives hang them under 

 the eaves of the houses and the hens sedately climb up portable ladders 

 to their refuge at night." "A small animal like the armadillo is con- 

 sidered to be a very wicked creature because it burrows holes into 



