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graves." "The praying mantis performs his devotions on our writing 

 desks." And so we might go on quoting from this fascinating little 

 book. M. 



Examples of the Various Turki dialects with Turki text and English 

 translation. Mohammedan narratives of the Prophets. Turki 

 text with English translation. By G. W. Hunter. 

 These books should be classed amongst the curiosities of literature. 

 The Author, the Rev. G. W. Hunter, is a missionary of the China 

 Inland Mission who came to China in 1887 and has spent his life 

 itinerating from his headquarters at Tih-hwa-fu in Sin-kiang through 

 the vast stretches of the "new territory" to the borders of Thibet,. 

 Mongolia and India. 



The text from which these translations are made is Qazaq Turki. 

 The Qazaks, we learn from the preface, are a branch of the Turcoman 

 family and the Author studied their language that he might be able to 

 preach the gospel to them in their own tongue. 



He says "The translator having used 'A narrative of the 

 Prophets' as one of his text books in studying Turki, he translated a 

 large part of it into English thinking it might be of interest to students 

 of Turki and to those engaged in work among Mohammedans." The 

 Author being in a place where there are no printers he had perforce to 

 be his own publisher. He wrote his translations and mimeographed 

 them on native paper. Then bound them in a strong brown paper 

 cover so that they look like the account books a Chinese storekeeper 

 uses in his trade. 



Purchasers should address their letters and orders to the Author > 

 Rev. G. W. Hunter, China Inland Mission, Tih-hwa fu, Sinkiang 



Melanges sur la Chronologie Chinoise. Shanghai : Imprimerie de la 



Mission Catholique a l'Orphelinat de T'ou-Se-We. 

 This is the 52nd number of Varietes Sinologiques. Two works have 

 been brought together under this one cover. They are : I. Notes Con- 

 cernant la Chronologic Chinoise; and, II. ProUgomenes a la Con- 

 cordance N eomenique. The one by P. P. Havret et Chambeau, S.J. j 

 the other by P. Hoang. 



This is a work of patient research and a compilation likely to be 

 of great service. It will of course take some time to get used to it, 

 but once there is freedom in this respect there will be boundless help 

 found. It is a very complete work and Students of Chinese will be very 

 grateful for this valuable work. 



