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issuing, in momentous results. How far such forces have worked in 

 the disruption of empire has not been touched upon so far as we 

 remember. This is left to the reader to gather. 



The foregoing are a few of the things that have impressed us in 

 reading this valuable work. 



It will not be out of place if a few points are mentioned in the 

 way of adverse criticism. 



(a) In the account of trading between Hankow and the 

 Upper Yangtze the recent development of steam power should 

 have been mentioned in this edition. 



(b) The account given in page 71 of the share of Yuan Shih 

 Kai in the revolution is very inadequate. We think that he 

 permitted the successes of the Republicans in order to further 

 his own deep laid schemes. This chapter has not yet been 

 written. Sir Robert Hart is reported to have said, many 

 years before this event, that Yuan would get the throne or 

 lose his head. He made for the throne, and though he didn't 

 lose his head, he yet lost his life. 



(c) Sun Yat Sen did not resign the Presidency from any 

 patriotic motives, but under the compulsion of Yuan Shih Kai 

 and force majeure. This whole section of history is not satis- 

 factorily treated. No mention is made of Tuan Chi Jui and 

 the role he and his party played in the game. 



(d) Nothing is said of the paper currency of private banks 

 and cash shops, especially in the interior of China. This branch 

 of business has figured largely in the finances of China. 



(e) In the chapter dealing with numismatics no mention 

 is made of the coinage of the Republic. A very full account 

 with impressions of the tokens appeared in this Journal, the 

 1917 volume. 



There are a few mistakes to be mentioned. On page 2 it is said 

 that "This was overthrown B.C. 1122 by Wu Wang, the Duke of 

 Chow." Wu Wang was never the Duke of Chow. Wu Wang's 

 brother, Tan, was the Duke of Chow, the celebrated statesman and 

 sage. 



Page 239 Shantung is given as the "Mountains of the East" 

 and page 246 "Shansi Mountains of the West." A more correct 

 translation would be (the parts), "East of the Mountains" and "West 

 of the Mountains." Hunan (p. 250) and "Hupeh" (p. 253) are 

 correctly given in this sense. 



Notable examples in recent years descriptive of the sentence 

 "During the whole of his life he is identified with his Hsien" (p. 56) 

 are Chang Chih Tung and Li Hung Chang who were often referred' 



