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tration of each of these objects. The letter press of the 

 second volume is a lithographic reproduction of Mr. Lo's 

 handwriting which is not so clear for the general reader as 

 the type used in the first volume. 



"Tomb Eelics" (f I i ^). Published in 1914. 



Eeproductions of five curious documents are given in 

 this volume with an appended explanation of them. The 

 first four objects are deeds of sale, the first being recorded 

 on jade, the second on pewter, and the third and fourth on 

 earthenware. The fourth document is called pieh 30 which 

 is an agreement referring to the use of wells and marts. The 

 fifth is a jade tablet belonging to the T'ien Pao period 

 (a.d. 742-755). On the obverse side is a drawing of a goose. 

 All of the objects are of great antiquarian interest. The first 

 was previously mentioned in Tuan Fang's Eecord of Stones — 

 Ts'ang Shih Ching, 31 the third is mentioned in Chun Ku Lu 32 

 by Wu Shih -fen, and the fourth is spoken of in Bronze and 

 Stone Inscriptions — Chin Shih Ch'i, 33 but the other two are 

 recorded for the first time. The inscription on earthenware 

 is particularly important. 



"Incised Inscriptions on Stones and Bronzes of the 

 Ch'in Dynasty." (m ± # M Vf). Published in 1914. 

 The first section is entirely devoted to inscriptions on 

 forty-three bronzes of which one is a tally, fourteen are 

 counterpoising weights of steel-yards, nine are measures, 

 eighteen are imperial mandate tablets, and one is a spear. 

 These are from various collections, the most important of 

 which are those of Tuan Fang and Ch'en Hsioh-ch'ing 34 of 

 Wei-hsien. Section Two treats of three inscriptions on 

 stone, one of which is that of T'ai Shan, the second is that 

 of Lang Ya (modern Yu Tai, Shantung) and the third is the 

 Kuei Chi stone in eastern Chehkiang. The last section in- 

 cludes inscriptions in thirty-six fragments of earthenware 

 measures and six tile tubes (for palace use). The last 

 mentioned objects are not often referred to by other authors, 

 but are of great interest. 

 "An Examination of the Writings Found in the Euins of 



the Shang Dynasty. " (Wt It S % % 8 ). 



"An Inquiry into the Writings Found in the Euins of the 



Shang Dynasty. " (jR & £ U # 69 H ). 



Both published in 1914. 



The first of these two volumes is a large book of 



one-hundred and twenty pages devoted to a critical examina- 



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