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Bibliographical Notice. 



Ilistoire de la vie de Hiouen Thsang et de ses voyages dans 

 rinde, depuis Van 629 jus qi£ en 645, par Hoe'ili et Yen-thsong ; 

 suivi de documents et d' ' eclaircissements geographiques tires de 

 la relation originate de Hiouen Thsang ; traduite du Chinois 

 par Stanislas Julien, membre de V Institut de France, des Societes 

 Asiatiques de Paris et de Londres ; correspondant des academies 

 de Berlin et de St. Betersbourg ; professeur au College de France, 

 Sfc. Baris, imprime par autorisation de V JEmpereur a V imprimerie 

 imperiale, MDCCCLIII. Chez Benjamin Buprat, libraire de 

 V Institut, Sfc. 



It is the translator's wish that his work, the subject of which 

 has been more than once discussed in this Journal, should be pro- 

 nounced upon ' par une personne versee a la fois dans la connais- 

 sance de Sanskrit et de la G-eographie de 1' Inde Ancienne.' "While 

 we hope that this wish may be responded to by the competent scho- 

 lar who has already (Yol. 17, Parts I. and II.) stood forward on 

 behalf of the Chinese Pilgrim, we shall at once publish the opinions 

 of European orientalists on M. Julien' s work. 



Lassen's praise of it is unqualified, and as his review cannot but 

 be read by all with the greatest interest, we have translated it in ex- 

 tenso. We will afterwards quote from Mohl's Annual Keport, read 

 on the 13th June last, at the 31st Anniversary Meeting of the 

 Societe Asiatique, and from "Weber's paper entitled, ' Late researches 

 in the field of Buddhism,' published in his own Indische Studien. 

 Yol. III. Heft. 1. 



" All friends of Indian antiquarian researches will" says Lassen, 

 " welcome the appearance of this long-expected work, which far 

 surpasses in importance all contributions to our knowledge of India 

 hitherto brought to light from the rich mines of Chinese literature. 

 The exemplary accuracy of the translation, the distinguished indivi- 

 duality of the traveller and the valuable contents of the work, ensure 

 it this eulogium. 



" An exact translation of Hiouen Thsang's journal offers to an im- 

 perfectly qualified translator two almost insurmountable difficulties. 



